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Colin Furze

Colin Furze (born 14 October 1979) is a YouTube personality, stuntman, inventor, and filmmaker, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Furze left school to become a plumber, a trade which he pursued until joining the Sky1 programme Gadget Geeks. Furze has used his plumbing and engineering experience to build many unconventional contraptions, including a hoverbike, a wall of death, a jet-powered motorcycle made with pulsejet engines, and the world's fastest mobility scooter, pram, and dodgem. Certain projects he has undertaken have been funded by television and video game franchises for promotion, including a spring-loaded hidden blade and grappling hook from the Assassin's Creed franchise, an artificial-turf-covered BMW E30 containing a hot tub and barbecue grill, and a bunker underneath his back garden to promote Sky1's television series You, Me and the Apocalypse. He celebrates reaching YouTube subscriber milestones by staging ever-more-extravagant firework stunts. Biography Colin has said that he attended Malcolm Sargent Primary School as a child until he transitioned into secondary school. By then he had already began making underground dens and a few tree houses. He became a plumber after leaving school at 16, which allowed him to focus working on tools, gadgets and engineering. Shortly after his dad died, he discovered the video-sharing website YouTube on which he shared his inventions beginning with his wall of death ramp in 2007. He and his wife have a son born in 2012 named Jake who is often featured in Colin's videos. Inventions Furze's many contraptions are publicised on his YouTube channel. On 13 March 2010, he uploaded a video of his converted scooter, incorporating a flame thrower that could shoot flames up to in the air. On 25 March 2010, Furze was arrested by Lincolnshire Police, for possessing an object converted into a firearm. He was released on bail without charge the next day. This was Furze's third attempt at artificing such a device, as the first did not ignite and the second burst into flames. On 5 May 2014, Furze posted a video to kick off his 3-week long X-Men characters special by designing a set of realistic Wolverine claws based on a pneumatic system. Within its first week it had received over 3 million views. On 23 October 2015, Furze released a video showing off the start of a new multi-part build, in which he would construct a Hidden Blade to promote the new Ubisoft game, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. Furze went on to make the Hidden Blade, a spring-loaded concealed blade that activates at the flick of the wrist with the help of a ring-triggered wheel mechanism, a rope launcher, and a winch device, all built onto a frame that fit his wrist. In November 2015, Furze constructed an underground bomb shelter beneath his garden, as part of a request by Sky1 to promote the series You, Me and the Apocalypse. The bunker contains multiple rooms, including a games room and a kitchen, as well as a fully functional air filtration system, and has an entrance shaft concealed by a garden shed. In 2016, Furze created a "hoverbike" using two paramotors. Colin has completed three Star Wars themed challenges in partnership with eBay. In 2016 he completed a giant AT-AT garden playhouse followed by a full size Kylo Ren Tie Silencer in 2017. In 2019 he completed a moving Land Speeder from the Star Wars A New Hope, the vehicle was auctioned off on eBay with all of the funds going to BBC Children in Need. Furze's YouTube channel has 8.98 million subscribers as of 28th February 2020. Achievements On 24 October 2008, Furze revealed a 14.26 metre motorbike that he had built to break the world record of the longest motorcycle. This was done by attaching beams in place of the back. He completed the record by riding it a minimum of 100 metres. On 14 October 2010, it was announced that Furze had modified a mobility scooter to give it the ability to reach in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records. It took him nearly three months to build and has a 125 cc motocross engine. On 10 October 2012, Furze posted a video showing a pram fitted with an engine which, if it travelled over , would make it the world's fastest pram. The pram was featured in the October 2013 copy of Popular Science Magazine, in which Furze was interviewed about his reasons for having modded the pram. On 30 March 2017, Furze posted a video showing a restored 1960s dodgem fitted with a 600cc sport bike engine producing around 100bhp. The dodgem achieved a top speed of , with an average speed of from a run in each direction - making it the world's fastest Bumper Car, as approved by Guinness World Records. BBC Worldwide asked Furze to complete the project for The Stig to drive. Television Furze appeared as one of the experts on Gadget Geeks, the short lived Sky1 series, in which the trio of experts would consult a member of the British public to test an invention idea in the workplace, along with Tom Scott and Charles Yarnold. Furze has been 'number one' multiple times on the Science Channel show (Outrageous Acts of Science) and has appeared on the E4 show Virtually Famous twice, demonstrating his wolverine claws on 28 July 2014, and again, the following year, showcasing the 'toaster knife'. Colin's inventions were featured on the February 11, 2020 episode of Great British Inventions hosted by David Jason. Books In 2017 Penguin Random House published "This Book Isn't Safe", a collection of projects intended for children and adults to recreate at home and spur an interest in engineering.

Mixed tumor

A Mixed tumor is a tumor that derives from multiple tissue types. For example, a "Chondroid syringoma" is a cutaneous condition characterized histologically by nests of cuboidal or polygonal epithelial cells in the dermis. There are two types: one derived from a single germ cell layer that differentiates into more than one cell type, and one derived from more than one germ cell layer (totipotent cells).

2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota

The 2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. North Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. On June 7, 2016, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, North Dakota voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic party's nominees for president. As North Dakota does not have a voter registration system, all voters could choose to participate in this caucus. Due to a disagreement about the binding of delegates between state and national party leaders, no Republican Party primary or caucus was held. Instead, delegates were chosen at the state party convention April 1–3. Donald Trump won the election in North Dakota with 63.0% of the vote, making it his fourth strongest state in the 2016 election after West Virginia, Wyoming and Oklahoma. Hillary Clinton received 27.2% of the vote. The state also gave Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, who was born in North Dakota, his second best showing with 6.2% of the vote, only behind the 9.3% of the vote he received in his home state of New Mexico. Primary elections Democratic caucus Three candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot: Republican convention The North Dakota Republican Party did not hold a presidential preference caucus or primary, but instead selected 28 Republican National Convention delegates unpledged to any particular candidate at the state party convention, which was held April 1–3, 2016. A generally pro-Cruz slate of delegates was elected to the convention. Cruz had the support of 14 delegates before he dropped out of the race. Three of them switched to Trump on May 27 along with all 13 of the uncommitted delegates giving Trump the majority of commitments and the support of 17 delegates (Trump had the support of 1 delegate before Cruz dropped out). Voting history North Dakota joined the Union in November 1889 and has participated in all elections from 1892 onwards. Since 1900, North Dakota voted Democratic 17.24 percent of the time and Republican 82.76 percent of the time. Since 1968, the state has always voted Republican. Predictions The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for North Dakota as of Election Day. Los Angeles Times: Strongly Trump CNN: Solid Trump Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Trump NBC: Likely Trump RealClearPolitics: Solid Trump Fox News: Solid Republican ABC: Solid Trump Analysis Republican nominee Donald Trump won North Dakota in a 36-percentage-point routing over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, thus carrying the state's 3 electoral votes. Like many neighboring majority-white, largely rural Great Plains and prairie states, North Dakota has not supported a Democratic candidate for president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. North Dakota politics are dominated by the farm, with a largely white and older populace who are socially conservative. Though the state's farming population has briefly flirted with populism, that movement is now mostly faded from North Dakota politics, as farms in North Dakota are no longer tilled by solitary yeoman and are no longer family-owned as much, and are replaced by agribusinesses. In recent presidential elections, Bakken shale oil has been a major driver of conservative success in the state, as its economy is increasingly fueled by the North Dakota oil boom and its population grows suspect of the environmental movement championed by Democrats. The main oil boom has taken place in the counties west and northwest of Bismarck, where Donald Trump won sometimes north of 80% of the vote. Donald Trump won in Grand Forks County which contains the city of Grand Forks, in Cass County which contains the city of Fargo, and in Burliegh County which contains the capital city of Bismarck. He also swept most of the rural and deeply conservative counties of the state, sometimes taking more than 80% of the vote in a county. Clinton won resoundingly in Sioux County, which is majority Native American and is the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest by its inhabitants, the Sioux Indian tribe. General election results County results <div style="overflow:auto"> Results by county were as follows.

Craig Auckram

Craig Laurence Auckram (born 9 June 1967 in Levin) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 20 first-class matches for the Central Districts in the early 1990s. He played Hawke Cup cricket for Horowhenua, Marlborough and Manawatu, winning the Hawke Cup on two occasions although he was mostly carried by his teammates. Nowadays he lives in Palmerston North and works as a planning officer at the Palmerston North City Council.

Oskélanéo River

The Oskélanéo River is a tributary of the South Bay of Bureau Lake (Gouin Reservoir), flowing into the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. The Oskélanéo River runs successively in the cantons of Faucher and Achintre. Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second. The route 404, connecting the village of Clova, Quebec to the South Bay of Bureau Lake (Gouin Reservoir) serves the lower part of the Oskélanéo River; this road connects to the south-east the route 400 which goes to Gouin Dam. Some secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities. The surface of the Oskélanéo River is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to the end of March. History Thanks to the arrival of the Transcontinental Railway around 1910, Oskelaneo River Station contributed to the development of the village of Oskélanéo. The main economic activity was forestry. Nevertheless, recreational tourism activities developed rapidly, notably with the first raising of the Gouin Reservoir level in 1918, then the second raising in 1948. Given the current level of water in the lake, the village of Oskélanéo offers access to boating a direct access road to Gouin Reservoir down the Oskélanéo River. In the past, prior to the development of motorized forest roads, travelers were getting off the train at the Oskelaneo River station and using the services of outfitters for hunting and fishing trips. Geography Toponymy Until 1918, when the erection of the La Loutre Central, which will create the first level designated then Gouin Reservoir, the Oskélanéo River was considered to be one of the tributaries of the Saint-Maurice River), feeding the Bureau Lake (Gouin Reservoir). This hydronym appears in cartographic documents at least since the first half of the 19th century, i.e. on the map of Charles Magnus (1857), in the form of Oskelanaio, then that of Eugène Taché in 1870. In 1914, this river was designated Escalana by Eugène Rouillard and on maps in particular in 1935. The designation "Escalona" is also indicated on maps of 1924 and 1926. Escalana (or Escalona) derives from oskélanéo which is an Algonquin word meaning "bones". Nevertheless, some sources consider that oskélanéo results from the deformation and fusion of the words tchiask, meaning "gull", and sakegane, meaning "lake"; consequently, this hydronym would be translated as "gull lake" or "gull flight". In Atikamekw, the Oskélanéo River becomes "Kiackoranan Sipi", meaning "river of the gull caught in the net". One [Canadian National] railway station has been designated "Oskelaneo River". The term "Oskelaneo", alone, was the name of a post office (1921-1973) serving what is now a hamlet. The toponym "Oskélanéo River" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, when it was created. Notes and references

Ear tuft

Ear tufts are skin projections covered in feathers found in some bird species, most notably various species of owl, vaguely resembling mammalian ears, but unrelated to the animal's hearing. Their function remains uncertain. About Theories about their function range from improved ability to camouflage, aiding in finding a suitable mate, to giving a more threatening appearance to discourage predators. In the Araucana chicken breed, ear tufts are a mutation. It causes a skin projection covered in feathers to appear on the sides of the head near the ears. This mutation is dominant semi-lethal. Consequently, ear tufts are very unusual and difficult to breed, as most Araucanas are hatched without tufts.

New Forest, North Yorkshire

New Forest is a civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies west of Richmond. There is no village in the parish. It consists mainly of grouse moor, and the isolated farms of Holgate, Kexwith, and Kersey Green. The population of the parish is estimated at 10. In Norman times the New Forest was a hunting forest, held by the Earls of Richmond together with the forest of Arkengarthdale to the west. In the Middle Ages there were lead mines and coal mines in the forest. It was a township in the large ancient parish of Kirkby Ravensworth until 1866, when it became a separate civil parish. The civil parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parish of Marske, known as Marske & New Forest Parish Council.

Nippon Television Music Festival

was an annual music awards on the produced by Nippon Television. Grand Prix winners

Pune F.C. Academy

The Pune Football Club Academy was the youth team of Pune Football Club. They played in the I-League U19, the highest level of youth football in India. The team closed operations in 2016 and were purchased by Indian Super League side FC Pune City, who founded the FC Pune City Academy. History Pune had always operated a U19 and U17 youth team since their inception in 2007 but on 23 June 2011 it was announced that the club would open an Academy at the U20 level, thus becoming the first I-League team to do so. The initial trials for the Academy were held in Pune and were attended by around 280 hopefuls. Out of the 280 players only 25 passed the trial while five extra players were called up from the then-Pune Under-19 squad, thus creating the first group of 30 players for the 2011–12 season. The clubs first tournament was the Peninsula Pune Cup which was held in September 2011 and was a pre-season tournament for Pune, Air India, and Deccan XI. The Academies first match since founding was during that tournament on 10 September against Air India. The match ended 2–1 in favor of Air India. The Pune Academy then played their first ever foreign tournament in January 2012 when they participated in the Aaha Rara Gold Cup. They however only made the semi-finals after losing to Samsung Jawalakhel 4–0. The Academy then participated for the first time in the 2012 I-League U20 which is the official youth tournament of the I-League. Their first match was against HAL on 20 April 2012; Pune won 5–1. The team then went on to win the I-League U20 after winning all 9 matches to go undefeated. In 2013, the Academy won the U20 league again. This time in the final round the Pune Academy grabbed 13 points from five matches to finish on top. On 26 August 2016, it was announced that FC Pune City of the Indian Super League had taken over the Pune FC Academy and will rebrand it under their name. Head Coaches Gift Raikhan (2011–2013) Naushad Moosa (2013–2016) Honours I-League U20 Winners (2): 2012, 2013 Notable graduates This is a list of former academy graduates who have either played a match professional with Pune F.C. or any other club professionally. Amrinder Singh Denechandra Meitei Dhanpal Ganesh Fanai Lalrempuia Nikhil Kadam Salam Ranjan Singh Thongkhosiem Haokip Syed Shoaib Ahmed

Olga Najera-Ramirez

Olga Najera-Ramírez is an American anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has published academic works in the field of Mexican culture. Since 1996, she has served as faculty advisor to Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas. Early life and education Najera-Ramírez was born in Davenport, California to parents who were immigrants to the United States from Mexico. When Najira-Ramirez was eight, her father died and so she worked in the agricultural fields to help support her family. After completing her high school education, Najera-Ramírez enrolled at University of California Santa Cruz and majored in History and Latin American Studies. Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas at University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) was founded in 1972 at Merrill College. At the time, the Mexican population in Santa Cruz were a minority. Students were not permitted to speak in Spanish in school. In the background was the Chicano movement (the Mexican civil rights movement in the United States). Through Los Mejicas, students reached out to the local community in ways that supported the Chicano movement. For example, they performed Folklorico dance during Chicano protests and rallies. Najera-Ramírez joined Los Mejicas in 1974 continued to dance with Los Mejicas until the end of her undergraduate studies. Najera-Ramírez's participation in Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas sparked her interest in the dance and folklore traditions of Mexico. In 1976, Najera-Ramírez met Rafael Zamarripa, a Baile Folklorico master from the Asociacion Nacional de Grupos Folkloricos whose presentation furthered her interest. Najera-Ramírez enrolled at the University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to study dance. In 1979, she returned to the United States and took a Masters degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas. In 1987, Najera-Ramírez received a doctoral degree in Anthropology (Mexican folklore) also from the University of Texas. Academic career Najera-Ramirez is a full professor at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her field of anthropological research is trans-national cultural studies, particularly the expressive forms of culture; the formation of identity, and relationships of power. Najera-Ramirez has focussed on the incorporation of culture making practices (such as dance and rodeo) from Mexico into popular culture in the United States. Documentaries In 1996, Najera-Ramirez produced La Charreada: Rodeo a la Mexicana, a twenty-six-minute documentary examining Mexican rodeo as part of the Chicano movement. in 2011, Najera-Ramírez produced a documentary entitled Danza Folklórica Escénica: El Sello Artístico de Rafael Zamarripa. It examines the development of folklórico dance through the career of Rafael Zamarripa.

Mehraveh Sharifinia

Mahraveh Sharifinia (; born April 18, 1981 in Tehran) is an Iranian film and television actress. She has a Diploma in Mathematics (Physics) and has studied music education at the University of Art in Tehran. She is the daughter of Mohammadreza Sharifinia and Azita Hajian. Mehraveh Sharifinia attended a semester studying film directing, but after consulting with her father withdrew from the study in this field. She is trained in the piano as a her specialised musical instrument. Filmography Television

Biy

Biy (, Bı) were elected judges and administrators in Kazakhstan. Biys are below Sultans in rank. According to the website of the Embassy of The Republic of Kazakhstan: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the nomadic Jungar tribes directed by the Chinese Bogdykhans started a large scale war against the Kazakh khanate. However, thanks to the courage of the “batyrs” (knights), the decisiveness of the Kazakh leader Ablai Khan, the diplomatic skills of the Kazakh ‘biys’ (sages) Tole Bi, Kazdausty Kazybek Bi, Aiteke Bi, and self-sacrifice of the people, the Kazakhs escaped total capture and physical annihilation.

West Line, Chennai Suburban

The West line of Chennai Suburban Railway is the second longest line running west from Chennai Central (Madras Central) to Jolarpet covering a distance of 213 km. Suburban services terminate at Arakkonam and MEMU services run to Jolarpet. As of 2009, around 400,000 commuters travel every day on the 171 suburban services operated in the Arakonam-Chennai section. Sections Chennai Central MMC - Thiruvallur This section has 2 dedicated lines for suburban train operations and 2 main lines. Some fast local EMUs are operated along 3rd and 4th main lines during peak hours . 9-car EMU and 12-car EMU are operated in this sector. 5th and 6th rail lines are planned. Thiruvallur - Arakkonam Suburban trains operate in the 2 main lines. 3rd railway track was completed and opened for cargo traffic in 2010 and is yet to be opened for passenger traffic. 4th railway track is under construction. 9-car EMU and 12-car EMU's are operated in this sector. Arakkonam - Katpadi No Suburban EMU trains operate in this section of west line. Only 5 MEMU Service operated from Arakkonam to Katpadi. Katpadi - Jolarpet MEMU operates between Arakkonam and Jolarpet.

Albion Central School District

The Albion Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 2,600 children in the village of Albion; most of the towns of Albion, Barre, Carlton, and Gaines; small parts of the towns of Kendall, Murray, and Ridgeway in Orleans County; and portions of the town of Elba in Genesee County, with an operating budget of $30 million (~$11,500 per student). The District motto, "Achievement, Character, and Success", is an alternate expansion of the district acronym "ACS." Michael S. Bonnewell is superintendent of schools Board of Education The Board of Education (BOE) consists of 9 members who serve overlapping 5-year terms. Elections are held each May for board members and to vote on the School District Budget. Current board members (May 2018) are: Margy Brown - President Marie Snyder - Vice President Elissa Nesbitt David Sidari Wendy Kirby Steve LaLonde Chantelle Sacco Kathy Harling Wayne Wadhams Schools Ronald L. Sodoma Elementary School (PreK-5) Rachel Curtin (Principal) (Vice Principal) Carl I. Bergerson Middle School (6-8) Brad Pritchard (Principal) Charles C. D'Amico High School (9-12) Jennifer Ashbery (Principal) (July 1, 2019) Katharine Waite (Assistant Principal) Rules The Albion District has a strict code system called the "Code of Conduct". Many consequences can take place if these rules are broken. WEBB (We Expect Better Behavior), Detention (which can last until 5:00 P.M in WEBB) (In the Middle School), Trip to principals, suspension (or possibly be expelled), CR (Correction Room) (for the High School). The Elementary School does not have detention. Time Carl I. Bergerson Middle School & Charles C. D'Amico High School: Starts at 7:45 ET (6:45 CT) and ends at 2:22 ET (1:22 CT) Ronald L. Sodoma Elementary School: Starts at 9:00 ET (8:00 CT) and ends at 3:10 ET (2:10 CT) Bells The Middle and High Schools have different bell schedules for changing classes. However, the Elementary school does not have these bells. Technology Albion Central Schools have an advanced computer network. The three school buildings are interconnected on a district-wide fiber-optic network. External links Albion Central School District Website

Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery

Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) is an MRI sequence with an inversion recovery set to null fluids. For example, it can be used in brain imaging to suppress cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) effects on the image, so as to bring out the periventricular hyperintense lesions, such as multiple sclerosis (MS) plaques. It was invented by Dr. Graeme Bydder. FLAIR can be used with both three-dimensional imaging (3D FLAIR) or two dimensional imaging (2D FLAIR). Technique By carefully choosing the inversion time (TI), the signal from any particular tissue can be nulled. The appropriate TI depends on the tissue via the formula: in other words, one should typically use a TI of around 70% of the T1 value. In the case of CSF suppression, one aims for T1-weighted images, which prioritize the signal of fat over that of water. Therefore, if the long TI (inversion time) is adjusted to a zero crossing point for water (none of its signal is visible), the signal of the CSF is theoretically being "erased," from the derived image. Clinical applications The FLAIR sequence analysis has been especially useful in the evaluation and study of CNS disorders, involving: Lacunar infarction Multiple sclerosis (MS) plaques Subarachnoid haemorrhage Head trauma Meningitis and other leptomeningeal diseases* * Post-contrast FLAIR images have been added to diagnosis protocol for accurate medical assessment.

Kelvin Peninsula

Kelvin Peninsula is a peninsula on the shore of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand's Otago Region. The peninsula lies between the main body of Lake Wakatipu and the lake's Frankton Arm (a short inlet into the lake's northern shore) and its outlet, the Kawarau River. The centre of Queenstown lies on the opposite shore of the Frankton Arm. The peninsula was formerly called Kelvin Heights Peninsula. The name Kelvin Heights is still used for the Queenstown suburb which sits on the peninsula. Geography The peninsula has two major parts, a rounded main part to the east, dominated by the Peninsula Hill, and a smaller western extension largely occupied by Queenstown Golf Club. Peninsula Road skirts the shore of Frankton Arm at the foot of Peninsula Hill to link the peninsula with SH 6 close to Frankton, at the eastern end of the arm. At one time there was public access to the prominent Deer Park Heights part of Peninsula Hill (which has several former film locations as well as a range of farm animals) from Peninsula Road, but this closed in 2009. Kelvin Heights The Queenstown suburb of Kelvin Heights sits at the narrow isthmus between the two parts of the peninsula. It is one of the most expensive suburbs in New Zealand in which to buy a house, with the median house value at about NZ$1 million in 2005. Kelvin Heights features part of the Queenstown Trail, which runs between the suburb and the Frankton Arm section of Lake Wakatipu. The suburb is also home to a Christian camp that is over 50 years old.

Leptotrombidium deliense

Leptotrombidium deliense is a species of mite. It is a vector and reservoir for scrub typhus.

Geneva University Hospitals

The Geneva University Hospitals (, HUG) is one of the five university hospitals of Switzerland, and the largest one in the country. It is one of the largest hospitals in Europe. First founded in 1535, the creation of the HUG dates back to 1995 as a merger of all public hospitals in Geneva. The HUG operate 8 hospitals in the Canton of Geneva as well as 40 outpatients clinics. Description The Geneva University Hospitals includes 8 public hospitals, 2 clinics and 40 outpatient care centers with more than 11,000 employees (including 5,100 nurses). This hospital is not only a local hospital for the city of Geneva, but also the reference hospital for the rest of the canton and, together with the CHUV Lausanne, the reference hospital for French-speaking Switzerland. It is attached to the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, and is one of five university hospitals in Switzerland; the others are in Basel, Bern, Lausanne and Zurich. History In 1602, the General Hospital, created from the merger of seven medieval hospitals, was simultaneously a hospital, a hospice, an orphanage, a retirement home, an asylum and a reformatory. After becoming cantonal hospitals in 1856, the HUG were turned into university hospitals in 1995 as part of the hospital reform required by authorities. Today, the HUG are regional and reference hospitals for advanced medicine. They promote access to care for everyone and the development of centers of excellence in conjunction with the University of Geneva. Historical dates: 1602 - The general hospital is founded by combining seven hospitals that existed in the Middle Ages. 1712 - Reconstruction of the General Hospital at the site where the Geneva Courthouse is located today. 1856 - Cantonal Hospital opens following the separation of social assistance duties, assigned to the General Hospice, and medical assistance duties. 1875 - Maternity Division is established on Prévost-Martin Street, and the construction of several buildings in the hospital district begins. 1900 - Two asylums open outside the city: one in Loëx for terminal and non-contagious patients and one at the Bel-Air location, which becomes Belle-Idée, for the mental patients (psychiatry). 1915 - The surgery facility is under construction, marking the development of a cutting-edge specialty in Geneva to secure a strong tradition. 1943 - Phased construction of the Cluse-Roseraie location continues for a period of 50 years. 1961 - The Children's Hospital opens to allow the Geneva pediatrics sector to develop an academic dimension that's linked to research and teaching. 1972 - The Geriatric Hospital opens, now Trois-Chêne Hospital, which coincides with the emergence of medicine for the aging and research on the biology of aging. 1992 - Commissioning of the Opera zone that is equipped with state-of-the-art operating rooms with laminar flow to fulfill the most advanced medical and technical requirements. 1995 - The University Hospitals is created and organizes public hospitals into medical departments and promotes close collaboration with the health care system. 2001 - Expansion work in Emergency, Maternity and the Children's Hospital is completed, 2011 - Two projects launch: BatLab, dedicated to laboratories and research, and a new hospital building with rooms having 1 or 2 beds. 2015 - BatLab opens [archive], a building dedicated to laboratories and research. 2016 - Clinics in Joli-Mont (Geneva) and Montana (Crans-Montana (Valais)) join the HUG. 2017 - The new Gustave Julliard hospital building opens. Geography With a presence in the entire canton of Geneva, including around forty outpatient facilities, the HUG include eight hospitals spread over six locations (Cluse-Roseraie, Beau-Séjour, Bellerive, Belle-Idea, Loex and Trois-Chêne) and two clinics: one in the canton of Geneva (Joli-Mont) and the other in Valais (Montana). The Main Hospital at the Cluse-Roseraie location combines the Lina Stern and Gustave Julliard Hospital buildings for short-stay services and has an emergency unit, an intensive care unit, operating rooms and state-of-the-art research facilities. It also includes a private ward. As of 2016, the six buildings at the Cluse - Roseraie location have been renamed (Lina Stern, Valerie Gasparin, Louise Morier, Jean-Louis Prévost, Gustave Julliard, David Klein). Maternity, leading Switzerland in the number of births, includes prenatal and post-natal hospitalization units, delivery rooms and an operating room. It also has a gynecology and obstetrics emergency department and houses the breast center. The Children's Hospital provides care to children from birth to 16 years of age for all conditions (including child psychiatric patients up to 18 years of age). It is the only center in Switzerland for children's liver transplants. Beau-Séjour Hospital [archive] admits people who need rheumatology care, rehabilitation treatments and neuro-rehabilitation therapies involving a wide range of professionals. It has a swimming pool, a climbing wall and rehabilitation equipment that combines robotics and IT. The Trois-Chêne Hospital [archive], in the heart of a large park, admits people whose health status requires hospitalization in geriatrics or rehabilitation treatments. This hospital has a complete medical imaging facility installed in 2015. The Loëx Hospital provides medical rehabilitation and accommodation with adapted care for people waiting for placement. It has a day hospital and provides consultations attached to community geriatrics at the location. The Bellerive Hospital [archive], formerly Cesco, a pioneer in palliative care in Switzerland, admits people whose health status requires hospitalization for medical rehabilitation care, for example to recover after neurological damage, and palliative care. The Belle-Idée psychiatric hospital houses part of the hospital units for general or specialized psychiatry, as well as the community geriatric unit. The Joli-Mont Clinic admits patients in rehabilitation and following medical or surgical care. The Montana Clinic specializes in rehabilitation in general internal medicine, psychosomatic and post-operative care, as well as chronic patient care. Activity Geneva law entrusts the HUG with three main missions: Treatment: the HUG meet the needs of a community of 500,000 residents and handle 118,000 emergencies each year. Teaching: in collaboration with the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, the professional schools (particularly the HEDS, College of Health [Haute Ecole de Santé]) and the CIS (Interprofessional Simulation Center [Centre Interprofessionnel de Simulation]), the HUG train more than 900 physicians each year, (interns and clinic leaders) and around 203 apprentices (in the field of health and in administrative or technical fields). They also welcome more than 2,200 medical trainees, and health care professionals or others. Research: in conjunction with the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine and with support from private and public foundations, the HUG run projects to improve treatments for patients. Structure The HUG are organized into centers, departments, directorates, laboratories, divisions and units. Medical departments: Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Pharmacology and Intensive Care Department Surgery Department Child and Adolescent Department Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Imaging and Medical Information Sciences Department Department of Community, Primary Care and Emergency Medicine Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics Clinical Neurosciences Department Oncology Department Department of Rehabilitation and Palliative Medicine Mental Health and Psychiatry Department Medical Specialties Department Translational research laboratories: Laboratory associated with the Foundation for New Surgery Technologies (FNTC [Fondation pour les nouvelles technologies chirurgicales]) Cellular Therapies Laboratory The HUG is headed by a Board of Directors that delegates operational decisions to the Chief Executive Officer of an executive committee that includes representatives from professional areas. Most management operations are assigned to departments. The Rega-HUG partner base of the Swiss Rescue Air Guard is located at the Geneva Airport. Personnel The HUG are one of the leading employers in the canton of Geneva. In 2017, 11,560 people worked in 180 different jobs at the HUG, 56% of them as care providers, 17% as physicians, 15% as administrative staff and 12% as technical and logistics personnel. Four out of ten employees worked part-time. Every year, around 1,000 professionals are hired. Initial, continuing and post-graduate training In 2016, the HUG trained 742 in-house physicians, 160 WFH training clinic leaders, 1612 health professional trainees, 188 apprentices, 1,166 medical trainees, 338 other trainees, and more than 10,500 health care and social services professionals from the greater Geneva area in continuing education courses. Associated institutions Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) University Centre of Legal Medicine (CURML) École romande de santé publique (ERSP) Notable affiliates Anne Beaumanoir,(1923-) neurophysiologist Gabrielle Perret-Gentil (1910-1999), Gynecologist and Obstetrician Julian de Ajuriaguerra (1911-1993), Psychiatrist Adolphe Franceschetti (1896-1968), Ophthalmologist Louis Jurine (1751-1819), Surgeon David Klein (1908-1993) Ophthalmologist Georges de Morsier (1894-1982), Neurologist Didier Pittet (1957- ), Specialist in Infectious Diseases and Epidemiologist Theodor Landis (1945- ), Neurology Barbara Polla (1950- ), Allergy Specialist Pierre Pollak (1950- ), Neurologist Jean-Louis Prévost (1838-1927), Neurologist Charles-Henri Rapin, (1947-2008), Geriatrics Specialist Daniel Schechter, (1962- ), Psychiatrist Gallery

Johann Knüpfer

Johann Knüpfer (1866–1910) was a schizophrenic outsider artist and one of the "schizophrenic masters" profiled by Hans Prinzhorn in his field-defining work Artistry of the Mentally Ill. Knüpfer was a baker's apprentice for three years as a youth before moving to a large city where he worked in a cement factory and learned the trade of locksmithing. His friends persuaded him to marry, but the union was unhappy from the start. He was an alcoholic and an abusive husband, and mistrusted not only his wife but everyone he knew. He attempted suicide in 1902 and was committed soon afterwards. It became evident that he had been having paranoiac delusions for years, and visions in which Christ explained why he was being persecuted. He told psychiatrists that "no one had suffered as much, not even Christ" (Prinzhorn 1972, p. 172). His works can be divided into two categories, the formal religious images covered with oracular inscriptions and the paintings of memories from his youth. Both categories display a preoccupation with symmetry and a fascination with circles. Resources Prinzhorn, Hans. Artistry of the mentally ill: a contribution to the psychology and psychopathology of configuration. Trans. Eric von Brockdorff. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1972. .

Secure America Now

Secure America Now (SAN) is a politically conservative nonprofit group that focuses on United States foreign policy issues. Notable activities In 2012, SAN created an advertisement that featured Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning Florida residents about the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran. The advertisement aired in three markets in Florida that represented some of the state's largest Jewish communities. In 2013, SAN commissioned a poll in which almost two thirds of all respondents in the United States said that they believed that the Obama administration was covering up facts related to the 2012 Benghazi attack. In 2014, SAN sponsored a trip by Texas senator Ted Cruz to Ukraine and other eastern European countries in which Cruz met with leaders of Euromaidan, the protest movement that led to the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Later that year, SAN created "Secure the Border" advertisements that attacked four Democratic senators and one Democratic congressman for their positions on U.S. immigration policy. One of the advertisements, which targeted New Hampshire senator Jeanne Shaheen, showed an image of slain journalist James Foley and was condemned by both Shaheen and Scott Brown, her general election opponent. The advertisement was pulled a few days later. In 2015, SAN conducted a poll in which 77% of likely voters in the 2016 United States presidential election said that Congress should be involved in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal that the Obama administration was negotiating with Iran. Shortly before the United States presidential election in 2016, SAN published videos and accompanying web sites suggesting that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) would overthrow France and Germany. Organization SAN's president is Allen Roth, the political adviser of Ronald Lauder. Its board of directors includes several prominent Republicans, including Mike Huckabee and John R. Bolton. Funding As a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, SAN is not required to disclose its donors. OpenSecrets reported that the main funders in 2016 were Hedge Fund manager Robert Mercer, former Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson, Best Buy founder Richard Schulze, and Estee Lauder heir Ronald Lauder, who gave $1.1 Million .

Military Madness: Nectaris

Military Madness: Nectaris is a turn-based strategy game developed for WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network by Hudson Soft. It is the latest game in the Nectaris series, and an enhanced remake of the first game. Nectaris has the maps as the original, but features 3D graphics, new units, a new story and online co-op and competitive multiplayer modes for up to four players. Hudson claims that all three versions are identical, save for a few multiplayer maps omitted in the WiiWare version. The WiiWare version was discontinued in March 2012. The PlayStation Network version was delisted in Europe in 2017.

Katie Downes

Katie Elizabeth Cook (born Downes; 16 May 1984) is an English glamour model and Page 3 girl. Early life and career She was born in Liverpool, England. She has appeared in nearly all of the British lad mags and has been on the cover of Loaded, Maxim, Nuts, and Zoo Weekly. Nuts ranked her 11th sexiest on their list 50 Hottest Blondes of 2008. She had a cameo appearance in the movie Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo as a window washer in a wet white T-shirt. In the movie's special features, she is seen auditioning for the role against Page 3 models Michelle Marsh, Nicola Tappenden, and Nikkala Stott. She appeared in the reality television series Poor Little Rich Girls on ITV, where for a week she swapped her life as model with a young woman named Michelle McManus who worked as a toilet cleaner. Personal life She began dating the Arctic Monkeys guitarist Jamie Cook in 2006. They became engaged in 2012 and were married in May 2014.

Paratya curvirostris

Paratya curvirostris is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is distributed from North Island to Stewart Island, and including the Chatham Islands. It is the only true decapod shrimp to inhabit freshwater in New Zealand. Description Paratya is distinguished from all other decapod shrimps by the specialized form of the first two pairs of chelipeds, which possess clusters of brushing setae or small hairs to pick up food. This shrimp feeds mainly by scraping detritus from the leaves of aquatic plants (Elodea spp. and milfoils), sometimes with all four chelipeds, bringing the organic material to the mouthparts where larger particles are shredded by the third pair of maxillipeds. It also eats small invertebrates such as midges. Adults grow up to 25mm in length. Sex can be identified by differences in the first two pairs of pleopods, the male having larger endopodites. The female carries up to 4000 eggs and once they are deposited, cleans them and provides water flow by beating her pleopods. Eggs took about 28 days to hatch in a laboratory experiment. Larvae are at first planktonic, with fewer limbs and segments. From studies it has been suggested that first stage larvae migrate to the rivermouth to develop in saltwater, moving up the river or stream to less saline water in the later stages. Habitat This species was common to abundant in a widespread range, but is now somewhat reduced with a patchy distribution, largely due to the introduction of trout to certain areas. It is rarely found above 40 meters in elevation.

Merivale Molyneux

Frederick Merivale Molyneux (called Merivale; 10 May 188520 November 1948) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Melanesia. Family and education Born at Bransgore, Molyneux was the son of Rosa and Frederick Molyneux (a priest) and grandson of lawyer Echlin Molyneux; he was younger brother to Ernest, also a priest, who served as his commissary in Britain (1928–1932). Merivale was educated at Rossall School, and Keble College, Oxford (he graduated Bachelor of Arts {BA} in 1908 and proceeded Master of Arts (Oxford) {MA Oxon} in 1913), and trained for the ministry at Cuddesdon College. Early ministry He was made deacon at Advent 1909 (18 December) and ordained priest at Lent 1911 (12 March) — both times by William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon, at Ripon Cathedral. His title (curacy) was of All Souls' Leeds, until 1913, when he returned to Cuddesdon as college Chaplain. During this time (the Great War), he was also a Chaplain to the Forces (CF) in Mesopotamia (1916–19): for which he was mentioned in despatches, made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (3 June 1918) and an honorary chaplain to the forces (Hon CF) in 1919. He served as Vicar of High Wycombe from 1920. Melanesia On 14 July 1924, the Melanesian Mission committee in England recommended Molyneux to the New Zealand bishops and John Steward, Bishop of Melanesia, for appointment as an assistant bishop of that diocese; by April 1925, when Thomas Strong, Bishop of Oxford, presented him with a crozier at High Wycombe, that recommendation had been accepted, and he was duly consecrated a bishop on 9 August 1925 by Alfred Averill, Archbishop of New Zealand in St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington. Molyneux then served as Assistant Bishop of Melanesia from 1925 to 1928: initially, he had responsibility for the Southern Archdeaconery (based in Lolowai, Aoba (now called Ambae), but lived primarily in the Banks Islands; however, as Steward's health declined, Molyneux increasingly assisted him throughout the diocese. Steward having announced his imminent resignation (due to ill-health), on 13 June 1928 the diocesan synod unanimously chose to nominate Molyneux for the diocesan See; Steward having resigned effective 1 August, the New Zealand bishops elected Molyneux on 16 August, and he was enthroned at St Luke's Cathedral, Siota on 13 November. His assistant bishop Edward Wilton having resigned 1 July 1929, Molyneux he wrote to the Mission committee on 8 October 1930 to ask for a new assistant bishop; in 1931, John Dickinson became assistant bishop for the Southern area. Return to Britain In the midst of allegations of "improper conduct with young men" and "concerns about erotic involvements with men", he experienced a "complete nervous breakdown", resigned his See in November 1931, and left the Solomon Islands. He arrived back in Britain in January 1932, where he retired to Hampshire — initially with his father at Martyr Worthy rectory. Cyril Garbett, Bishop of Winchester, declined to licensed the younger Molyneux to any ministry; he became a farmer. He died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe and was buried at Bransgore.

Dhanera railway station

Dhanera railway station is a railway station in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India on the Western line of the North Western railway network. Dhanera railway station is 36 km far away from . DEMU, Express and Superfast trains halt here. Trains The following trains halt at Dhanera railway station in both directions: 22483/84 Gandhidham - Jodhpur Tri-Weekly Superfast Express 14805/06 Yesvantpur - Barmer AC Express 14803/04 Bhagat Ki Kothi - Ahmedabad Weekly Express 12489/90 Bikaner - Dadar Superfast Express (via Bhildi) 14817/18 Bhagat Ki Kothi - Bandra Terminus Express (via Bhildi)

Sooty-capped babbler

The sooty-capped babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a member of the Pellorneidae family. The sooty-capped babbler is also known in Malay as rimba tinjau belukar. Its main diet is small insects. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Gavriil Malish

Gavriil Kondratievich Malish (; March 25, 1907, in Kitaygorodka, Ekaterinoslav Province, Ukraine, Russian Empire – October 25, 1998, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet, Russian painter, watercolorist, and graphic artist, lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his decorative still lifes and landscapes. Biography Gavriil Kondratievich Malish was born March 25, 1907, in Kitaygorodka village, near Ekaterinoslav, Ukrain, Russian Empire. In 1934 Gavriil Malish graduated from Odessa Art Institute, where he studied of A. Gaush and T. Fraermann. Since 1935 he lived and worked in Leningrad. Since 1954 Gavriil Malish has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted landscapes, still lifes, genre paintings, worked in oil painting, watercolors, and pastel. The most known as master of watercolors. Personol exhibition of Gavriil Malish were in Leningrad (1975, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1988), Saint Petersburg (1996, 1997), and Stockholm (1991). The leading place in the Art of Gavriil Malish takes a lyrical landscape and decorative still life. The untiring search for the artist in the field of colors predetermined his address to the decorative painting, to the synthesis of colors, where dominated his favorite light-blue and blue, lilac, cherry and violet hues, providing major sounding painting. Gavriil Malish almost always has painted his works from memory, by notion, so, they are distinguished by special emotional excitement, saturation and color purity. Gavriil Malish was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 - Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation) since 1955. Gavriil Kondratievich Malish died on October 25, 1998 in Saint Petersburg. His painting and watercolors reside in State Russian Museum, in Art museums and private collections in Russia, France, Sweden, Norway, England, USA, China, Japan, and other countries.

Speed limits in India

Speed limits in India vary by state and vehicle type. In April 2018, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways fixed the maximum speed limit on expressways at 120 km/h, for national highways at 100 km/h, and for urban roads at 70 km/h for M1 category of vehicles. The M1 category includes most passenger vehicles that have less than 8 seats. State and local governments in India may fix lower speed limits than those prescribed by the Union Ministry.

Benbecula Airport

Benbecula Airport () is located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. Airlines and destinations The airport provides scheduled services to the Scottish mainland and other Hebridean islands. In so doing it provides vital transport connections for the islands of Benbecula, North Uist and South Uist, which are interlinked by causeway but are over two hours from the mainland by sea. The airport is also used by emergency air ambulance flights and by flights supporting the nearby missile test range. Cargo

MV Portree

MV Portree was a ferry, built in 1965 for the Skye crossing. In 1970, she was re-built and moved to the Kyles of Bute where she served until 1986. History MV Portree was built to provide additional capacity on the Skye crossing. However, the service still struggled to keep up with increasing demand. Side-loading was slow and new bow-loading vessels were ordered for Skye. In 1969, STG acquired the Bute Berthing Co. Portree was identified for service at Colintraive and underwent a lengthy re-build. Layout Portree was built with side ramps with angled ends and a deck-turntable. She had no passenger lounge. Her strange appearance was further increased by a forward wheelhouse, unlike previous Kyleakin ferries. In 1970, she was converted to bow-loading, with a hydraulically operated bow ramp, hinged at three points and hanging from two long booms. She lost her side-ramps and deck-turntable and could then carry ten cars or one commercial vehicle and eight cars. Her vehicle deck was strengthened to carry 20-ton loads. The forward wheelhouse was removed and a raised navigation bridge was erected at the stern. Service Initially joining a fleet of small vessels at Skye, Portree was displaced by the new and in 1971. She and served the Kyles of Bute crossing between Colintraive and Rhubodach until the arrival of in November 1986.

C. Narayana Reddy

Cingireddi Narayana Reddy (29 July 1931 – 12 June 2017), better known as C. Narayana Reddy, was an award winning Indian Telugu poet and writer. Reddy had produced over eighty literary works including poems, prose-plays, lyrical plays, translations, and ghazals. He was also a professor, lyricist, actor, and politician. Early life and career Cingireddi Narayana Reddy was born on 29 July 1931 in Marumulu village of Hanumajipet in Karimnagar district, Telangana state now in Rajanna Sircilla district, Telangana, India to a Telugu family of Malla Reddy and Buchamma. His father was a farmer and his mother was a house wife. After completing his higher secondary education, he went on to study at the Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1949. Reddy studied in Urdu medium till his graduation as education in Telugu was not available under Nizam's rule. He took Telugu as his subject during his graduation. Reddy received his Master of Arts degree in 1954 and became a college lecturer in 1955. He received Ph.D. in 1962 on "Modern Traditions of Telugu" and became a Professor in 1976. He did his primary, secondary and higher secondary in Urdu medium. He studied Telugu privately during schooling in Sircilla under the guidance and tutelage of Gurus Satavadhani Seshadri Ramana Kavulu of Machilipatnam. He was mentored by the legendary poet and Jnanpith awardee Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana of Vijayawada, the first principal of Karimnagar Government College (1959–61). After completing his primary and secondary education at his hometown, he moved to Hyderabad to pursue his degree education. He came to know of the Modern Telugu literary giants and read books written by Gurram Jashua, Sri Sri, Devulapalli Krishna Sastry. Naryana Reddy married Suseela and with her had four daughters. Reddy instituted an award named after his wife which is presented annually to the female writers. Reddy was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, in August 1997. Literary works Reddy's first published work was a poetry collection Navvani Puvvu (The Bashful Flower) in 1953 and later went on to publish several other works like Vennela Vada (The Monnlight Town, 1959), Jalapatam (The Waterfall), Divvela Muvvalu (Candle Bells, 1959), Ritu Chakram (Cycle of Seasons, 1964), Madhyataragati Mandahasam (The Smile of the Middle Class, 1968), and Mantalu Manavudu (Flames and the Man, 1970). His 1980 published poetic work Viswambhara (The Earth) received wide critical acclaim and has been translated into several Indian languages. The Sahitya Akademi appreciated it as "monumental work in free verse depicts the journey of man through the ages as he strives to attain spiritual, artistic, and scientific excellence." Reddy's Nagarjuna Sagaram is a Buddhist epic poetry based on a heart-breaking love story of a lady Santisri who comes to study Buddhism and falls in love with a sculptor Padmadeva. His 1957 Karpura Vasantha Rayulu was an epic poem retelling the romance between the King Kumara Giri of Reddy dynasty and his court dancer Lakuma. The book was dedicated to Telugu historian Mallampalli Somasekhara Sarma whose main contributions were regarding the recording of Reddy history. Bhimsen Nirmal translated Vishwambhara into Hindi as Viswambhara and his Telugu poetry collection Prapanchapadulu was translated into Sanskrit as Prapanchapadi by R. Sri Hari. Nirmal and Hari won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award for these works in 1991 and 2001 respectively. Along with poetry, Reddy also composed musical plays Ramappa (1960), based on Kakatiya dynasty and the collection of ten plays Narayana Reddy Natikalu (Play-lets of Narayana Reddy, 1978). He published analysis of modern Telugu poetry, its precursors, its progression through various phases and its modern day forms in Adhunikandhara Kavitamu - Sampradayamulu Prayogamalu: Modern Telugu Poetry Tradition and Experiment. His 1997 published book Matti Manishi Akasam (Man Beyond Earth and Sky) consists of a long poem of around hundred pages. He wrote a few travelogues about his travels to various countries including a tour of Malaysia in Muchataga Moodu Varalu, about Russia in Soviet Russsialo Padi Rojulu and about the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France in Paschatya Desallo Yabai Rojulu. Reddy's first film as a lyricist was Gulebakavali Katha (1962) which was directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. Reddy later went on to write more than 3000 film songs. His last song was for the movie Inkennallu (2011) which was directed by Syed Rafi. Bibliography Following literary works of Reddy have been published: Jalapatam (1953) Navvani Puvvu (1953) Viswageeti (1954) Nagarjuna Sagaram (1955) Narayana Reddy Geyalu (1955) Ajantha Sundhari (1955) Swapna Bhangam (1957) Karpura Vasantarayalu (1957) Tene Patalu (1957) Viswanatha Nayudu (1959) Divvela Muvvalu (1959) Vennelawada (1959) Geya Natikalu (1959) Vachnakavitha (Cini Kavi Manasnivali)(1959) Ramappa (1960) Cinare Geethalu (1963) Ritu Chakram (1964) Sama Darshanam (1964) Aksharala Gavakshalu (1965) Vyasavhahini (1965) Jati Ratnam (1967) Adhunikandhra Kavitvam (1967) Sampradaya Reethulu (1967) Madhyataragati Mandahasam (1968) Maro Harivillu (1969) Gandhiyam (1969) Meerabai (1969) Mantalu - Manavudu (1970) Mukhamuki (1971) Manisi - Chilaka (1972) Mandhara Makarandhalu (1973) Patalo Emindi - Na Matalo Emundhi (First Volume) (1974) Patalo Emindi - Na Matalo Emundhi (Second Volume) (1974) Marpu Na Tirpu (1974) Sikharalu Loyalu (1974) Tejassu Na Tapassu (1975) Taratarala Telugu Velugu (1975) Pagale Vennela (1976) Inti Peru Chaitanyam (1976) Bhoomika (1977) Narayana Reddy Natikalu (1978) Mathaanam (1978) Mruthuvu Nunchi (1979) Muthyala Kokila (1979) Viswambhara (1980) Soviat Rashyalo Padi Rojulu (1980) Maa Uru Matladindi (1980) Rekkalu (1982) Amara Veerudu Bhagatising (1982) Nadaka Na Talli (1983) Kalam Anchu Mida (1985) Telugu Gazallu (1986) Kavitha Na Chirunama (1988) Arohana (1991) Jathiki Upiri Swathantryam (1993) Drukpatham (1994) Bhoogolamanta Manishi Bomma (1996) Matti Manishi Aakasham (1997) Gadilo Samudram (1998) Vyaktitvam (1999) Dooraalanu Doosukotchi (2000) Muchataga Mudu Vharalu (2001) Prachatya Deshaloo Yabai Rojulu (2001) Samooham Vaipu (2008) Manisiga Jeevinchalani (2009) Viswam Nlo Unnapudu (2010) Nachoopu Repati Vaipu (2011) Vakkuku Vayasu Ledu (2012) Lethakiranalu (2013) Alalerthe Adugulu (2013) Ningikegire Chetlu (2014) Cinare Gazallu Prapanchapadulu Kalam Sakshiga Udayam Na Hridayam Jathiya Kavi Sammelanamloni - Veevida Bhasha Kavithala - Anuvaadhalu Telugukavitha Layathmakatha Saptati Oka Liptaga Moving Spirit Rekkala Santhakalu Jwalaga Gevenchalani Konagotimida Geevitham Kalisi Nadiche Kalam Evi A Jeeva Nidhulu Thats What I'said (English) Awards Reddy won several awards for his literary work which includes the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1973 for his poetry collection Mantalu Manavudu, the Jnanpith Award for Viswambhara in 1988 and was conferred with the Sahitya Academy fellowship in 2014, the highest honor of the Sahitya Academy, India's National Academy of Letters. Reddy was also awarded an honorary Kala Prapoorna by Andhra University in 1978, the Soviet Land Nehru award in 1982, and the Raja-Lakshmi Award by the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in 1988, "Visishta Puraskaram" of the Potti Sriramulu Telugu University in 2011. The Government of India honored him with the fourth and third highest civilian awards, Padma Shri (1977) and Padma Bhushan (1992). He also won the Nandi Award for Best Lyricist twice for the song "Kantene Amma Ani Ante Ela?" from the movie Preminchu and "Idigo Raayalaseema Gadda" from the movie Seethayya''. Death Reddy developed health complication and complained of chest pain and was shifted to the Care Hospital. He died on 12 June 2017 at the age of 85.

Bitti (disambiguation)

Bitti is a comune in Sardinia, Italy. Bitti may also refer to Tenores di Bitti, a traditional folk music group from Bitti "Yaz Bitti", the Turkish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 MikroBitti, a Finnish computer magazine Bikku Bitti, a mountain in Libya Bitti (name)

Dechert

Dechert LLP () is an international law firm of more than 900 lawyers with practices in corporate and securities, complex litigation, finance and real estate, and financial services and asset management. It was founded in Philadelphia and is registered as a limited liability partnership under Pennsylvania law. On the 2018 AmLaw Global 200 survey, Dechert ranked as the 43rd highest grossing law firm in the world. History The firm's first predecessor, MacVeagh & Bispham, was formed in 1875 by Wayne MacVeagh and George Tucker Bispham. MacVeagh previously served as United States Ambassador to Turkey, and Bispham authored the treatise "Principles of Equity," which was considered the definitive work on the subject at the time. MacVeagh went on to become United States Attorney General under President James Garfield, and then United States Ambassador to Italy in 1893. Bispham went on to become a professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1884. The MacVeagh & Bispham's successor merged with another Philadelphia law firm, Dechert, Smith & Clark, in 1942. After undergoing several more name changes, the firm became known as Dechert. Pro bono activities Dechert has been recognized among the top 10 U.S. law firms for pro bono work in The American Lawyer's Pro Bono Survey, an annual report which rates the nation's 200 highest grossing law firms based on their level of pro bono activity. The report confirmed that it remained the top law firm for international pro bono work. In August 2014, Dechert received the American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award. Notable lawyers and alumni Harvey Bartle III, chief judge of the United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania Joseph S. Clark, mayor of Philadelphia (1952–56) and United States senator for Pennsylvania (1957–69) Q. Todd Dickinson, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Glenn Fine, former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Justice Miriam González Durántez, head of international trade practice Paul G. Haaga, Jr., vice chairman of Capital Research and Management Company, a constituent company of the Capital Group Companies David N. Kelley, former United States Attorney and Deputy U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Noyes Leech (1921–2010), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Edward A. McDonald, portrayed himself as a federal prosecutor in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" Mary A. McLaughlin, judge for the United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania Lisa Scottoline, New York Times best-selling author Norma Levy Shapiro, first woman partner and retired judge for the United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania Arlen Specter, United States senator for Pennsylvania (1981–2011) Scooter Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (2001–2005) Cheryl Ann Krause, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Steven Engel, deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel under George W. Bush and United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Donald Trump administration

VIPS (software)

VIPS is an open source image processing software package. It is particularly good with large images, works with multi-core processors, working with colour, scientific analysis and general research & development. It was developed during and is the product of several European research projects (VASARI, MARC, ACOHIR, Viseum) which were primarily about Imaging art, but which demanded a new approach to image processing. Compared to most image processing libraries VIPS needs little RAM and runs quickly, especially on machines with more than one CPU. This is primarily due to its architecture which automatically parallelises the image workflows. The software has two main parts: libvips is the image-processing library and nip2 is the graphical user-interface. The GUI aims to be about half-way between Photoshop and Excel. It is not designed for tasks such as retouching photographs, but more useful for the many other imaging tasks that programs like Photoshop are used for. Both work on Linux, Unix, Windows (NT, 2k, XP, Vista, Win7) and Apple macOS (10.2 and later). VIPS is a standard package for many Linux distributions Software Design Most of libVIPS is written in C. However, there are Python, Ruby, and C++ libraries which can use it. VIPS processes images in small portions (rectangles or groups of lines) and groups of operations are automatically run by separate threads. This makes the processing parallel because modern systems can run the threads on different cores. It also means that image intermediates are small and can easily be stored in RAM. This is how multi-GB sized images can be processed on machines efficiently. History VASARI was an EU-funded research project to build a system capable of measuring long-term colour change in old master paintings. Previous systems had made a series of point measurements of areas thought likely to degrade - of course this meant that changes in parts of the painting that hadn't been measured would be missed. VASARI aimed to fix this through imaging: it would use a camera to measure colour and simply record the whole painting. The project had partners in Germany, France, Italy and Britain. Kirk Martinez of Birkbeck College and David Saunders of the National Gallery London were responsible for building the London scanner. Kirk hired Nicos Dessipris, who had been a fellow research student in the Image Processing group of the University of Essex, and David hired John Cupitt, who had just finished a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Kent. The project wanted to image paintings up to about 1m by 1m, with a resolution of up to about 20 pixels per millimetre, since the smallest interesting features in a painting are about 0.1mm. Multiple colour bands were needed (7 was decided upon), since the aim was to measure reflectance spectra rather than just colour. The final requirement was for 16 bit data. Put these requirements together and you reach an image size of about 1GB per colour channel. A suitable image processing library which could handle the data size needed could not be found, so custom one was developed. Machines of the time were very modest by today's standards: a Sun workstation cost £40,000, had 64MB of RAM and ran at 25 MHz, so this was quite a challenge. Kirk had developed simple but fast C libraries during his PhD which worked on memory-mapped "framestores" for video processing. Kirk and Nikos looked at HIPS for inspiration but found pipes too inefficient. So VIPS was based on their experience with that as well as early Unix image processing software they developed. Early VIPS code used memory-mapped files for input (back then an exciting novelty which was faster than file I/O) and wrote data a scanline at a time. At the National Gallery, John Cupitt wrote a GUI called "vf" in SunView, Sun's graphical environment. The first version just displayed an image on the workstation screen and let you pan and zoom. The next version added a simple expression language and let you type in things like "a + 12" to brighten an image. It was renamed "ip", for image processing. VASARI ended in 1993 but a follow-on European project called MARC allowed for more development. This aimed to use the imaging techniques developed in VASARI to build a colorimetric camera and to use it to print an art catalogue. Nicos left and John took over the development of the VIPS library, the GUI and the camera software. Sun had just produced their first two-CPU workstation, so VIPS gained SMP support. A further aim was to reduce the time spent on disc IO, so at the same time the ability to "chain" operators together without the need for intermediate storage was added. ip was rewritten to use the Motif user-interface toolkit and gained fully editable history. In 1997 Kirk Martinez moved to the University of Southampton so development and use continued in more projects (including Viseum, ACOHIR and Artiste) and VIPS and ip developed in response to their needs. The software was moved from Sun to Linux in the late 90s and ip moved from Motif to GTK+, becoming nip. VIPS gained support for files larger than 2GB, and for up to 64 CPUs. nip was rewritten again for GTK+-2.0 and became the nip2 we know today. In 2005, John Cupitt moved from the National Gallery to Imperial College to work on medical imaging and VIPS and nip2 are now maintained there. Recent additions have been support for Analyze, DICOM3, FITS, Matlab and Radiance images, run-time code generation, and the start of a move to a GObject foundation. It is John's ingenuity and programming skills which have made libVips so successful today. Users VIPS is currently used in MediaWiki and hence by Wikipedia itself in the VipsScaler extension. This speeds up and extends image handling compared to previously used software and hence saves processor time on the busy systems. For similar reasons it is used by Booking.com and Idealista. The popular Sharp Node.js module uses VIPS. License libvips is licensed under the LGPL and nip2 is licensed under the GPL. See http://www.gnu.org.

Rangatira Island

Rangatira or South East Island is the third largest island in the Chatham Islands archipelago, and covers an area of . It lies east of New Zealand's South Island off the south-east coast of Pitt Island, south-east of the main settlement, Waitangi, on Chatham Island. History According to oral traditions, ancient Moriori used to travel to Rangatira by canoe to capture muttonbirds. However, there is no material evidence of those expeditions, such as dendroglyphs (tree carvings) or petroglyphs (rock art). European farmers ran sheep, goats and cattle on Rangatira until the 1960s when the last of these were removed. Today the island is a gazetted nature reserve, and access to the island is restricted and controlled by the Department of Conservation. Flora and fauna Rangatira is host to several rare and endemic species of birds and plants, and is a sanctuary for endangered invertebrates such as the giant stick insect, coxella weevil, the flightless rove beetle Creophilus rekohuensis, and the Pitt Island longhorn beetle. It is also locally notorious for the presence of the Rangatira spider, one of New Zealand's largest spiders. Rangatira is most famous for being the habitat for the endangered black robin, rescued from near extinction by a dedicated team led by Don Merton, who used foster parent birds to raise the chicks of black robin. The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports large breeding colonies of broad-billed prions (330,000 pairs), Chatham petrels (up to 1000 pairs) and white-faced storm petrels (840,000 pairs). Rangatira was the stronghold and last remaining breeding site for the Chatham petrel until recently; new colonies on Pitt and Chatham Islands are being established. For a 1994 account of the birdlife of Rangatira, see Nilsson et al.

Kogho Department

Kogho is a department or commune of Ganzourgou Province in central-eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Kogho. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 15,524. Towns and villages Kogho (3 780 inhabitants) (capital) Bassemkoukouri (807 inhabitants) Bendogo (1 122 inhabitants) Bissighin (950 inhabitants) Kogho-Peulh (78 inhabitants) Linonghin (465 inhabitants) Rimalga (196 inhabitants) Ronsin (365 inhabitants) Santi (573 inhabitants) Tangandogo (564 inhabitants) Tanghin-1 (1 730 inhabitants) Tanghin-2 (591 inhabitants) Tanlallé (778 inhabitants) Tensobtenga (1 463 inhabitants) Tollinghin (1 580 inhabitants) Zorgo (594 inhabitants)

Christian Didier

Christian Didier (11 February 1944 - 14 May 2015) came to public attention after 8 June 1993 as the assassin of René Bousquet, a friend of French President François Mitterrand who had served as a senior police official under Vichy France, which administered the southern half of France during the German occupation. Directly after the killing, Didier telephoned a succession of newspaper editors in order to organise an ad hoc press conference. This meant that the police had no difficulty in locating him. In 2013 Didier sued an author for defamation after the author, in a biographical book on René Bousquet, described Didier as "fou" ("crazy", "mad"). The book had already triggered a legal case alleging plagiarism. In the end the plagiarism charge succeeded and damages of several thousand Euros were awarded. Didier's defamation case failed, however. Biography Provenance and early years Christian Didier was born at Saint Dié, then a small and relatively isolated industrial town in the Vosges foothills to the south-east of Nancy. His father is described in sources as an "artisan hairdresser", with whom he was frequently involved in violent conflict. Despite more than one attempt, he never passed his school final exams. Later, testifying at his trial in 1995, Marie-Thérèse Didier, his mother, described a troubled childhood and youth, characterised by failure at school, rejection by girls and possible employers and suicidal concerns. But there was also a determination to reject what he perceived as wrong-doing: "Il ne supportait pas le mal, tout ça le bouleversait" (loosely, "He couldn't stand wrong-doing: all that stuff upset him"). After leaving school a succession of jobs followed in quick succession. He worked briefly in a foundry, as an internships supervisor, as a locksmith, as an archivist and as a delivery driver. He spent some time outside France: his travels took him to Norway, Sweden, Australia and even, during the "beat generation years", California. But he also came into contact with the world of psychiatric hospitals, being on several occasion detained in connection with his mental issues. Chauffeur to the stars Between 1974 and 1983 he held a driving job, working as a chauffeur for a number of high-profile celebrities. Based in Paris, he rubbed shoulders with stars such as Salvador Dali, Charlie Chaplin, Richard Burton, David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Romy Schneider. He then had to give up the job for health reasons. He developed serious bladder problems and was obliged to undergo several serious operations. In 1983 Didier returned to live with his mother in Saint-Dié. Author Back home, he read a lot. By this time Didier had also embarked on a career of sorts as an author. However, he was for a long time unable to find a publisher for any of the three books that he had written. One of his manuscripts found its way to the desk of Simone de Beauvoir who wrote back a note, "I don't like your book at all: metaphysical jargon" ("Je n’aime pas du tout votre livre, du jargon métaphysique"). In May 1985 he nevertheless published one of his books, "La Balade d'Early Bird", at his own expense. Publicity An early publicity stunt involved walking the 300 miles from Paris to Strasbourg in 1980 with an unpublished book of memoires concerning his travels in Australia under one arm. Still keen to promote his book, during the later 1980s he made several bizarre television appearances, drawing attention to himself in studio chat shows by bursting in front of the cameras and making one of his increasingly familiar "Achetez mon livre!" ("Buy my book") announcements, before being bundled out by security officials. On one occasion he inserted himself into a broadcast of the "César Awards" and on another interrupted the transmission of an international football match by displaying a banner. His media appearances tended to end in visits to a police station and, increasingly, assessment visits to psychiatric clinics. Nevertheless, in 1989 he was rewarded with an invitation to appear on TF1, France's leading television channel, in a programme devoted to "those whom the telly makes mad" ("... ceux que la télé rend fous"). Eventually, however, he began to appreciate that he was not being taken seriously. He even doubted his own talent as an author. The conviction that success equated with fame remained undimmed, however, and he became increasingly attracted by the role of "universal citizen and justice giver for moral order" ("citoyen universel, justicier de l'ordre moral"). Another term that comes up in connection with Didier's self-appointed mission around this time is "avenger of the Jews" ("vengeur de juifs"). Klaus Barbie On 19 May 1987 Christian Didier was arrested while trying to gain admission to the Prison Saint-Paul in Lyon: he was in possession of a revolver. His intention was to confront Klaus Barbie, the city's reviled wartime Gestapo boss. Barbie was much in the news at the time because his trial in respect an exceptional palette of alleged wartime atrocities was due to open the next week. Didier was arrested after the revolver in the bag he was carrying set off an alarm at the prison entrance. He faced trial and was sentenced, for illegal possession of a fire-arm, to four months in prison, after which he was referred for another bout of psychiatric treatment followed by a return to his mother's modest apartment in Saint-Dié. Didier explained that he had never wanted to kill Barbie: "I just wanted to shoot him in the legs while calling out, 'that's your greeting from Jean Moulin!'" ("Je ne voulais pas le tuer, simplement lui tirer dans les jambes en lui criant: 't’as le bonjour de Jean Moulin!'"). (Jean Moulin was a high-profile résistance hero for whose torture and death - officially a suicide - Klaus Barbie was widely blamed.) Didier had prepared for himself a false set of papers identifying him as a qualified doctor. He intended to use these to persuade the prison authorities to give him access to Barbie. Subsequent commentators - albeit in most cases only after their judgement was informed by the killing of René Bousquet six years later - have expressed the view that the court should have taken Didier's escapade at the Prison Saint-Paul much more seriously. In September 1989 Didier managed to break in to gardens at the Élysée Palace. Security personnel overpowered him, however. He explained the action by saying that he had wanted to deliver a dossier concerning the wartime hero Raoul Wallenberg to President Mitterrand. This time he was automatically transferred to a psychiatric hospital where he spent six weeks and received a diagnosis - subsequently questioned - of "sensitive paranoid psychosis" ("psychose paranoïaque sensitive"). After his discharge he conceived a project to assassinate Paul Touvier, another suspected (and subsequently convicted) Nazi war criminal who had served as an intelligence chief during the war and was in the headlines during 1989, having recently been located and arrested by the police. Didier's plan could not be implemented, however, because he was unable to find out where Touvier was being held. René Bousquet It was now that Didier selected a new target: René Bousquet, the collaborationist police chief in the Pétain government. Bousquet was (and despite never having been tried and convicted, still is) widely thought to have been the principal organiser of the "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup", the "26 August 1942 Roundup" six weeks later, the "Marseilles Roundup" of January 1943 and of other actions supporting the elimination of Jews in occupied Europe. On the morning of 8 June 1993 Cristian Didier lit a candle to Saint Joan of Arc. He then made his way to the apartment bloc in which Bousquet had his Paris home on the Avenue Raphaël in the 16th arrondissement. Bousquet at this time was under criminal investigation in connection with his wartime activities: according to at least one source he faced "imminent trial for crimes against humanity". Didier explained that he was a document courier with papers from the Interior Ministry that urgently needed to be delivered to Bousquet, thereby gaining admittance to the building. He now continued up to Bousquet's apartment on the sixth floor. Bousquet opened the door himself and Didier repeated his explanation that he had documents that needed to be delivered urgently, while reaching into his bag, supposedly for the documents. However, instead of documents he took out a revolver, with which he shot René Bousquet dead, using four or five bullets. (Sources differ.) He later explained that he had to use four bullets because the first couple of shots did nothing to stop Bousquet, who was now advancing on him, trying to hit him, and swearing at him. He had been afraid that Bousquet's dog would attack him, but the dog fled at the first shot. The deed having been done, he walked to the nearest Metro station and made his way across the city to Les Lilas, where he had booked a room in the Hotel Paul-de-Koch, a small and somewhat run down establishment. Now he started telephoning the media. "I'm the one who's killed this piece of shit. I have a message for you" (" C'est moi qui ai tué cette ordure, j'ai un message à vous délivrer.") Journalists from Le Monde and Le Parisien were among the first to arrive, followed by representatives from Libération, Television France 1 and Radio Monte Carlo. He also called Television France 2, but the secretaries taking his call decided he was a fantasist and refused to connect him to the news desk. Wearing worn jeans and a polo shirt, Didier addressed the assembled journalists for more than an hour. "Eliminating a monster is an honorable thing to do: it's the victory of good over evil" ("... éliminer un monstre est honorable, c'est la victoire du bien sur le mal."). He went on to provide an eerily detailed and factual account of the killing he had committed a couple of hours earlier. After preparing a report for the midday news. a television reporter called the police in order to try and corroborate Didier's story. When they arrived, one of them observed that Didier seemed angry. Didier told the police (with journalists still present) that his health and intellectual faculties had recently deteriorated, and that he had thought the time had come to deliver a spiritual message to the western world, in order to give a sense of purpose to his life. Between 7 and 13 November 1995 he was tried by the Court of Assizes in Paris He was defended by Thierry Lévy and Arnaud Montebourg two politically committed lawyers with a passionate awareness of the broader historical background of the case, though after sentence was passed Lévy volunteered that the two of them had, perhaps, not been the best team to defend their client. Didier was sentenced to ten years of criminal detention. The court heard Didier's defence lawyers arguing that the killing of René Bousquet by Christian Didier represented a response to the failings of the French justice system. There were times when the trial seemed to be turning into a trial not of Didier but of Bousquet. Didier's own testimony alternated between cool lucidity and a series of repetitive and barely coherent mystical allusions to a "divine mission", "visions in the forest" and "voices". There were also times when he appeared deeply and genuinely contrite. Final years After six years and eight months behind bars Didier was released early, "for good conduct", on 24 February 2000 from the detention centre at Toul where he had spent much of his sentence. Back in 1993 Didier's trial had attracted extensve press coverage, and following his sentencing a support committee was set up, comprising various "patriots" and those representing wartime deportees to the death camps. The trial of Maurice Papon in 1997/98 generated a renewed media focus on Didier and an intensified campaign for his release. Even the town council of Saint-Dié, his home town submitted a request for clemency to the Court of Assizes in Paris on his behalf. Even when he testified at his trial in 1995 Didier had, at times, provided assurances that two years in pre-trial detention had given him time to think and he was "vaccinated for ever against all forms of future crime". He asked God for pardon and God had told him "you shall not kill". He asked forgiveness of the Jews whom he had deprived of a trial [for Bousquet]. After his release he restated his contrition in a newspaper interview. "At that time I was going through deep depression. I thought I was on a divine mission ... to kill René Bousquet and that if I did not do it I would have no right to eternal grace". But now he was just a "normal bloke" ("un simple quidam"). His media profile could not be completely shaken off, however. In his well received 2010 debut novel HHhH, Laurent Binet mentioned Didier, identifying him as the "spectaculaire abruti" (loosely, "eye-watering cretin") who had deprived France of the "trial of the century". In 2013 Christian Didier launched a defamation case against the author Alain Minc. In a biographical book on René Bousquet published the previous year, Minc had described Didier as "fou" (loosely, "crazy", "mad"). Didier claimed €10,000 in damages. He said he would donate the money to supporters of Roger McGowen, a prisoner in Texas who was awaiting execution. However, Didier had addressed his claim to Etienne Manteaux in Épinal: Manteaux was the public prosecutor for the département. Didier had thereby invoked the criminal law rather than launching a civil claim, and under these circumstances the defendant in the case was the book's publisher, Éditions Grasset. The author was merely an accomplice in respect of any criminal defamation. The court in Épinal nevertheless agreed to hear the case, which it did during the first week of August 2013. In the end Minc was discharged in respect of the defamation allegation. (In respect of a slightly earlier legal case triggered by the same book, the author Alain Minc fared less well: when the plagiarism case launched by the Paris author Pascale Froment came to trial it was determined that Minc should pay Froment damages of €5,000, along with a contribution to court costs of €6,000.) Didier's final written piece, a short autobiographical volume entitled Fugaces traits de plume… en roue libre! was completed in 2014. It appears never to have been published, although there are mentions of it having at one stage been accessible online. He gave his final press interview in April 2015, still concerned to obtain some form of public rehabilitation. Christian Didier died at Saint Dié on 14 May 2015.

Yenokavan

Yenokavan (); known as Krdevan until 1935, is a village and summer resort in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The village was renamed in 1935 by the Soviets after Yenok Mkrtumian, who founded the first Communist party cell in the region. The village is a few kilometers north of the regional capital of Ijevan, close to the main highway. The canyon behind the village is lush with forest, river and has caves with interesting carvings. A group of adventurers called "Yell Extreme Park" team, are planning to install the longest zip-line in Yenokavan, with an approximate cost of US$ 200,000. Notes

Después de Ti...¿Qué?

"Después de Ti...¿Qué?" () is a song written by Rudy Pérez and first recorded by Puerto Rican singer, José Feliciano in his album Ya Soy Tuyo (1985). In 1997, Mexican female trio Pandora covered the songs on their live album Hace Tres Noches Apenas. This version peaked at #30 on the Hot Latin Songs chart and #13 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. In the same year, Cristian Castro covered the song on his fifth album, Lo Mejor de Mi, with Raúl di Blasio as the pianist. It was released in 1998 as the fourth and last single. In 2006, Feliciano and Castro recorded the song as a duet on Feliciano's collaboration album José Feliciano y Amigos. Chart performance (Pandora version) Chart performance (Cristian Castro version) Music video (Cristian Castro version) A music video featuring Raúl Di Blasio was shot.

Diocese of Slatina and Romanați

The Diocese of Slatina and Romanați () is a diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Its see is the Ascension Cathedral in Slatina and its ecclesiastical territory covers Olt County. The diocese forms part of the Metropolis of Oltenia. It was established in 2004, and in 2008, Sebastian Pașcanu became the diocese's first bishop. Notes External links Official site Slatina Slatina

A Whole Nother Thang

A Whole Nother Thang is the 1976 debut album by Parliament-Funkadelic vocalist Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins. The album was released by Westbound Records and features heavy participation from various P-Funk musicians. The album features the track "Cookie Jar", which was later recorded by the P-Funk spin off act Parlet as well as Prince. It is the first P-Funk spin off album not to be produced by George Clinton. The album was produced and arranged by Haskins. In 1994, the album was reissued along with its successor Radio Active on a single CD entitled A Whole Nother Radio Active Thang (Westbound CDSEWD 099), which also featured the previously unreleased bonus track "Right Back Where I Started From". Track listing "Tangerine Green" (Clarence Haskins) "Cookie Jar" (Haskins) "Mr. Junk Man" (Haskins) "I Can See Myself in You" (Haskins) "Fuz and da Boog" (Haskins, Cordell Mosson) "Which Way Do I Disco?" (Haskins) "Love's Now Is Forever" (Haskins) "Sometimes I Rock and Roll" (Haskins) "I'll Be Loving You" (Haskins)

Remo Bianco

Remo Bianco, birth name Remo Bianchi, (3 June 1922 – 23 February 1988) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Biography Remo Bianchi (known as Remo Bianco) was born in Milan on . His father, Guido, was an electrician at the theatre La Scala, a confirmed anarchist and an austere man. His mother, Giovanna Ripamonti, had studied astrology. Remo was the second of two twins, the brother Romolo died of pneumonia in 1923. He had a strong bond with his sister Lyda, who was born before the twins and became a star of the ballet. In 1937 he enrolled at evening courses at the Brera Academy, where he met de Pisis two years later and began to attend the Master's studio regularly; there he had the opportunity to meet other artists such as Carrà, Sironi, Savinio, Soffici, Soldati, Marini, Cantatore. In 1941 he was enrolled as a machine-gunner on a destroyer, which was torpedoed and sunk two years later. Bianco, rescued by the British, was interned in Tunisia where he experienced his first contact with the Middle East. The Early Works: The Figurative Season In 1944 he returned to Milan where he resumed his contacts with Filippo de Pisis and his studies at the Brera Academy. In this period his works are strongly similar to the existential expressionism of the French painter Rouault, notably the self-portrait which he painted in 1945. In his paintings large and dark lines begin to enclose thick layers of leaden and sulphurous colour. From the fifties, Bianco's portraits become increasingly speckled and the brushstrokes more disorderly, while the colours are reduced in thickness. From Figurative Art to Abstraction: The "Nuclear" and "Spatial Season" From the Nuclear Movement (founded in Milan in 1951 by Dangelo e Baj), Bianco gained a love of materials. In his works, the features of the faces become increasingly imperceptible, giving way to paint blends. His next progression was more radical, a composition of pigments, glass crystals, paint, glue, iridescent paste, and pebbles. On the contrary, from Spatialism he captured the more creative, experimental, ironic and Dadaist dimension, taking interest in the materialistic trace and chromatic writing. The paintings are almost completely free of figures and become a layer of threads and paint strokes. French critic Pierre Restany wrote: "We should not forget that Remo Bianco was formed during the post - WWII period in the Milanese school of spatialism of Lucio Fontana and Carlo Cardazzo from which he drew the double lesson of energy and eclecticism - in one word, liberty". Regarding his relationship with Spatialism movement, Italian painter Virgilio Guidi in the presentation of the catalogue of his first solo exhibition, in 1952, at venetian "Galleria del Cavallino" directed by Carlo Cardazzo, defined him as an "isolated spatialist" [spaziale isolato] as well as a "sensitive spatialist" [spaziale sensibile]. Successively he held many exhibitions at Cavallino and Naviglio galleries, up to the Eighties. The Three Dimensional Artworks: 3D At the beginning of the fifties, Bianco began to change his geometric works on layers of glass and plastic, taking advantage of their milky or translucent transparency to create delicate, hazy and transparent effects. In addition to these three-dimensional works he created others in wood, Plexiglas and metal, always in layers but carved in various forms. On receiving a scholarship in 1955 he travelled to the United States where he had the opportunity of meeting Jackson Pollock. From Collages to Tableaux dorés to Appropriazioni () In the United States Bianco learned abstract expressionism and met Jackson Pollock. So he learned the technique of drip painting, but he did not lose his love for proportions and order, giving life to his Collages. Papers (or fabrics), again painted with signs and drippings, are cut in small squares, mixed together and recomposed as a collage or a mosaic, arranging them like a chessboard. And it is from the development of Collages that Bianco came to create his most well known artworks: the Tableaux dorés. This category is not only his most numerous but also his richest in creativity; each one being unique for the colours and the amount and extent of gold leaf used. Even where small amounts of gold leaf are used the artwork does not lose its power and eloquence, but gains in mystery and profundity. Bianco continued to paint Tableaux dorés until the eighties; during this time these artworks began the evolution of his experiments: the Appropriations of the seventies. In these works gold leaf is applied to everyday objects of varying sizes. Arte Improntale (), the Testimonianze (), the Sculture Neve () Bianco developed the Arte Improntale back in 1948 by dipping objects in paint and stamping the imprint. In the mid fifties he began to create rubber and paper casts of objects, and wrote the "Manifesto dell'Arte Improntale" (1956). His Testimonianze() are an example of Arte Improntale(Imprint Art); these are rows of small cellophane sachets, aligned as in the Tableaux dorés, and filled with small worn out objects, fragments of everyday life. In the mid sixties he experimented with a new material, artificial snow, which he sprayed on the most diverse objects – and even on people. Small objects were enclosed in showcases, and people were photographed in black and white. The Sculture Neve (Snow Sculptures) belong to the cycle of Appropriations. Arte Elementare () This was one of the last experimental periods by Bianco. In the seventies, while continuing work on his other series, he returned to the fundamentals of painting by producing on backgrounds – often filled with squares – rows of small trains, flowers, fruits, carousels, tin soldiers and long-hand writing, all of which return to a world of minimal and stereotyped representations. Writings Manifesto dell’Arte Improntale, 1956 Manifesto dell’Arte Chimica, 1964 Manifesto della Sovrastruttura, 1965 Milano 1972, in Teatro Angelicum catalogue, Milan 1972 Poesia trascendentale, 1981, D’Ars, y. XXII, nr. 97 Autobiografia, 1982, unpublished Milano luglio 1985, in Galleria del Naviglio exhibition catalogue, Milan 1985 Milano gennaio 1986, in Belli Marchionne, 1987 Exhibitions From 1948 to February 2010 were held 61 solo exhibitions, including: Galleria del Naviglio, Milan (1950 – February 1954 – February 1961 – December 1961 – April 1964 – May 1965 – 1967 – February 1968 – May 1969 – September 1972 – January 1980 – 1982 – December 1988 – June 1992 – 2006) Galleria del Cavallino, Venezia (October 1952 – July 1954 – July 1959 – August 1961 – August 1962 – March 1963 – August 1964 – July 1985) Casinò Municipale, Venezia (August 1961) Complesso del Vittoriano Gipsoteca, Rome (December 2006) In the same period the works were also exhibited in 80 group exhibitions organized in Italy and abroad. Remo Bianco Foundation The Remo Bianco Foundation () is a cultural institution for the promotion of Remo Bianco's memory and works, created in Milan on . Notes Bibliography External links Remo Bianco – Official Site

Stork Fountain

The Stork Fountain is located on Amagertorv in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was a present to Crown Prince Frederik (later Frederik VIII) and Crown Princess Louise in connection with their silver wedding anniversary in 1894. It depicts three storks about to set off. Since 1950, it has been a tradition that newly graduated midwives dance around the fountain. History In 1888, the Society for the Beautification of Copenhagen announced a competition for a fountain on the prominent square to celebrate the upcoming silver wedding anniversary of Crown Prince Frederik (VIII) and Crown Princess Louise on 28 July 1894. Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint proposed a fountain depicting an Amager farmer sitting on a . The competition was won by Edvard Petersen and Vilhelm Bissen. The fountain was inaugurated in 1894. During the late 1960s, the fountain became a popular venue for members of the protest movements. Danish folk singer Cæsar received mainstream popularity with his protest song named Storkespringvandet (Stork Fountain) about police brutality. The song's lyrics, written by Thøger Olesen, were set to the popular Scottish nursery rhyme Ally Bally Bee (Coulter's Candy). Another entry in the competition was Thorvald Bindesbøll and Joakim Skovgaard's Dragon Fountain, which was later erected in the City Hall Square in its current location. Design The fountain consists of a nine-sided basin of stone. It collects water from the bronze bowl at the top and the three small cascades around the edges of the central pedestal. The pedestal is decorated with reliefs of aquatic plants; in the basin, there are frogs sitting on dock leaves, spewing jets of water. On a shelf on the pedestal stand three storks ready to take flight in each of three different directions. A common urban legend holds that the birds depicted are herons. In 2008, representatives from the Danish Ornithological Society stated that this is not true and that the birds are in fact storks. Colding-Jorgensen experiment In early 2009, as part of a classroom experiment on viral communication, slacktivism, and social media, Anders Colding-Jørgensen, a lecturer from the University of Copenhagen, created a Facebook protest group against the demolition of the Stork Fountain. In a week it managed to attract 10,000 supporters and after two weeks it had 27,000 members. However, the cause was purely fictitious; there was no threat of demolition and the fountain is in fact a listed monument.

Nexus (ClariS song)

"Nexus" is a pop song by the Japanese duo and idol unit ClariS, written by Kz. It was released as the unit's third single on September 14, 2011, by SME Records. The song was used as the theme song for the ninth volume of the Oreimo light novels and the opening theme of the Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Portable ga Tsuzuku Wake ga Nai video game. A music video was produced for "Nexus", directed by Kazuaki Nakamura. The single peaked at No. 5 on Japan's weekly Oricon singles chart. Composition "Nexus" is a synthpop song with instrumentation from a synthesizer. According to a book of sheet music published by Shinko Music Entertainment, it is set in common time and moves at a tempo of 130 beats per minute in the E-flat major key throughout the song. The introduction starts with the synthesized music and moves into the first verse with ClariS' vocals followed by the chorus. After a short bridge, this pattern is repeated for the second verse and chorus featuring the same music with different lyrics. The third verse starts immediately after the second, followed by another short bridge before the chorus as the outro. A coda accompanied by ClariS' vocals is used to close the song. When writing the song, Kz aimed to compose a very complex melody that would excite its listeners, and although he loved the final product, he noted that it would be difficult for others to sing it together. According to Clara, the lyrics are connected to Kirino Kosaka and Kuroneko in Oreimo and how they feel towards the protagonist Kyosuke Kosaka. Alice explains how the lyrics tell the story of gradually moving towards a happy ending even if you cannot honestly put your feelings into words. The cover artwork features translucent glass formed into "ClariS" with air bubbles around it from a soft drink, and the art direction and design was handled by Motohiro Yamazaki. Release and reception "Nexus" was released in limited and regular editions on September 14, 2011, as a CD by SME Records in Japan. The limited edition was packaged with Oreimo artwork and came bundled with a DVD containing the music video for "Nexus" in short and full versions. The song peaked at No. 5 on Japan's weekly Oricon singles chart, selling 19,478 copies in its first week of sales, and charted for 10 weeks. "Nexus" debuted and peaked on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 at No. 22. Music video The music video is entirely animated and is directed by Kazuaki Nakamura. It begins with a computer desktop and the opening of a file which starts the song. The video primarily shows scenes from the 2010 anime series Oreimo blended with semi-animated illustrations of ClariS by Hiro Kanzaki, the original character designer of Oreimo. Track listing Personnel ClariS Clara – vocals Alice – vocals Production Takashi Koiwa – mixer Kazuhiro Yamada – mixer Yuji Chinone – mastering Motohiro Yamazaki – art direction, design Charts

Seleucia Pieria

Seleucia in Pieria (Greek Σελεύκεια ἐν Πιερίᾳ), also known in English as Seleucia by the Sea, and later named Suedia, was a Hellenistic town, the seaport of Antioch ad Orontes (Syria Prima), the Seleucid capital, modern Antakya (Turkey). The city was built slightly to the north of the estuary of the river Orontes, between small rivers on the western slopes of the Coryphaeus, one of the southern summits of the Amanus Mountains. According to Pausanias and Malalas, there was a previous city here named Palaeopolis ("Old City"). At present, it is located at the seaside village of Çevlik near the town of Samandağ in the Hatay Province of Turkey. Seleucia, Apamea, Laodicea, and Antioch formed the Syrian tetrapolis. History Seleucid period Seleucia Pieria was founded in ca. 300 BCE by Seleucus I Nicator, one of the successors of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great and the founder of the Seleucid Empire. The Macedonians called the landscape Pieria, after a district in their homeland that was also between the sea and a mountain range (the Olympus). When Seleucus I was murdered on his way to Macedon in 281 BC, his son, Antiochus I, buried his ashes in a building called "Nikatoreion", situated on Seleucia. The city was of great importance in the struggle between the Seleucids and the Ptolemies; it was captured by Ptolemy Euergetes in 246 BCE. As the Ptolemies (Lagids) and Seleucids fought over the city, it changed hands several times until 219 BCE, when the Seleucid Antiochus III the Great recaptured it during the Fourth Syrian War (219–217 BCE); his general Ardys is recorded as having distinguished himself during the siege. Then it obtained its freedom and kept it even to the end of the Roman occupation. It had long enjoyed the right of coinage. Roman period When the Seleucid Empire was subdued by the Armenian conqueror Tigranes II, Seleucia Pieria resisted. Roman general Pompey the Great restored the Seleucids to power by giving the city to Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, a direct descendant of Seleucus I Nicator and a loyal ally of Rome. Under light Commagene rule, Seleucia enjoyed substantial autonomy, i.e. de facto independence. Seleucia's importance grew significantly over time, necessitating the enlargement of its harbours several times under Diocletian and Constantius. These harbours, called the "inner" and "outer" harbours, served from time to time the Roman navy. Most buildings and structures today date from the Roman period. Byzantine period During Byzantine times the city went into a steady decline. The silting up of the city's harbours hastened this process. In the fifth century CE the fight to keep them open was finally given up. It suffered severely in the devastating 526 Antioch earthquake. Islamic period Seleucia was captured by the Sasanids around 540 CE. While it never recovered as a port-city again, Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik, Ummayad Caliph from 705 to 715, built a fortress in the city. Seleucia Pieria and Christianity The city was Christianized early. As the port of Antioch of Syria, "Seleucia on sea"—so called to distinguish it from other cities of the same name—is most notable as the precise point of embarkation from which the Apostle Paul [in 45 CE] and Saint Barnabas sailed from this port on their first missionary journeys, as chronicled in the Bible (Acts 13:4). At the end of that same journey he must have made landfall at Seleucia before going to Antioch (see Acts 14:26). His route at the beginning of the second journey was by land and probably bypassed Seleucia (see Acts 15:40–41), though on returning, he must have passed through it again (see Acts 18:22). Once more taking a land route when setting out on his third journey, Paul may have missed Seleucia (see Acts 19:1), and at that journey's end he did not return to Antioch and so missed Seleucia again (see Acts 21:7–8). This means that Paul passed through Seleucia at least three times, and probably several more on pre-missionary visits to Antioch of Syria (see Acts 11:26; 12:25). The oldest bishop known is Zenobius, present at the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. Other known bishops include Eusebius, an Arian, and Bizus in the fourth century, with twelve others cited by Le Quien (Oriens Christianus, II, 777–780). In the sixth century CE the Notitia Episcopatuum of Antioch, gives Seleucia Pieria as an autocephalous archbishopric, suffragan of Antioch (Échos d'Orient, X 144); the diocese existed until the tenth century CE, and its boundaries are known (Échos d'Orient, X, 97). For some Roman Catholic titularies see Eubel, Hierarchia catholica medii aevi, I, 468. Seleucia Pieria was a diocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the eighth and ninth centuries CE, three of whose bishops are known. The last-known Syriac Orthodox bishop of Seleucia, Ahron (847/874 CE), is mentioned in the lists of Michael the Syrian. There were also Georgian monastic establishments around Seleucia from the 11th to the 13th centuries. The city is still a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, Seleuciensis Pierius; the seat is vacant following the death of the last bishop in 1980. Known bishops Eugenius of Seleucia heretical follower of Athanasius, grandson of Empress Theodora Dositheus I Zenobius, present at the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. Eusebius 350 Bizus fl 381 Maximus Vasilius of Seleucia, Attendee of Council of Ephesus in 431, supporter of Nestorius. Basil of Seleucia fl 452. Dositheus II fl 553. Gerontius fl 448. Nonus of Seleucia; from about 505 AD, exiled about 521 for heresy. Constantius, a heretic Dyonisis fl 553 Antonius, Theodorus Agapoius Nicholas Ahron (847–874 CE). Greek rite bishops Latin titular archbishop Jules Georges Kandela (1959–1980) Cardinal Fernando Cento (1926–1959) Paul-Eugène Roy (1914–1925) Domenico Serafini, (1912–1914) Tommaso Maria Granello (1897–1911) Main sites The upper city, about 13 km in circumference, is still distinguishable. The lower city, smaller than the preceding one, was more thickly populated. Ruins include a necropolis, amphitheatre, citadel, temples, some irrigation works as well as some fortifications. The highlight of the city is a 1350–1400m-long tunnel/canal complex built during Roman times. It is believed that it was dug to divert the nearby river and prevent the harbour from silting up with time. A further reason is assumed to be to help reduce flooding caused during heavy winter rains. Construction began during the reign of Emperor Vespasian (69–79 CE) continuing mainly during his son Titus's time (79–81 CE). According to Flavius Josephus, a Roman-Jewish historian (37–ca.100 CE), Jewish slaves were used as workers. These were working under orders of Emperor Titus, who had captured Jerusalem in 70 CE. Other POWs were sent to Rome, where they had to build the Colosseum. According to an inscription, the tunnel/canal was not completely finished until the reign of Antoninus Pius (138–161 CE). The last workers were Roman legionaries. Most parts of the tunnel/canal are intact and it can be visited on foot. Rock tombs are found on the wall of the canal. Notable persons Famous residents include Apollophanes, a physician of Antiochus III the Great (third century), and Firmus who aroused Palmyra and Egypt against Rome in 272 CE. Notes

Richfield Township, Roscommon County, Michigan

Richfield Township is a civil township of Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 4,139. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 72.9 square miles (188.8 km²), of which 68.9 square miles (178.5 km²) is land and 4.0 square miles (10.4 km²) is water, for a total area of 5.50% water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,139 people, 1,896 households, and 1,239 families residing in the township. The population density was 60.1 per square mile (23.2/km²). There were 3,760 housing units at an average density of 54.6 per square mile (21.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.99% White, 0.07% African American, 0.89% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,896 households out of which 19.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.65. In the township the population was spread out with 19.3% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 25.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males. The median income for a household in the township was $26,806, and the median income for a family was $32,241. Males had a median income of $31,000 versus $21,113 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,282. 15.9% of the population and 10.4% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 25.6% of those under the age of 18 and 7.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. Government The township supervisor is Jim VanWormer. The township government has authorized golf carts to use local streets. Notes External links Higgins Lake/Roscommon Chamber of Commerce

Jeanes

Jeanes is a surname, and may refer to: Allene Jeanes (1906–1995), American chemical researcher Anna T. Jeanes (1822–1907), American philanthropist David Jeanes (born 1943), English former rugby player Susan Jeanes (born 1958), Australian politician Tex Jeanes (1900–1973), American baseball player

John Russell Kowalchuk

John Russell Kowalchuk (August 30, 1921 – August 18, 2000) was an educator, businessman, farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Melville from 1967 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born on the family farm near Goodeve, Saskatchewan, the son of Nicholas Kowalchuk, and was educated in Goodeve and at the Regina normal school. Kowalchuk earned a teaching certificate from the University of Saskatchewan by taking correspondence courses. From 1942 to 1956, he taught school in the Melville area. In 1951, he married Emma Amelia Dohms. After 1956, he operated a grocery store, locker plant and insurance business until 1961, when he began farming. He served on the board for the Melville school unit from 1959 to 1967, also serving as board chairman. Kowalchuk was reeve for the rural municipality of Stanley from 1964 to 1966. He served in the Saskatchewan cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources. After leaving politics, he returned to farming. In 1986, he retired from farming and moved to Melville. He died there at the age of 78.

China Aviation Supplies Holding Company

China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CASC) is a Chinese aircraft lessor established in October 2002 and succeeding China Aviation Supplies Import & Export Group Corporation, founded in 1980. It offers operating lease, aircraft trading, sale-leaseback, asset management and engineering services, aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, flight training and support services, consulting, property management, advertising and IT, it has 14 framework agreements with Airbus and Boeing. Of the six holding companies of China's Civil Aviation Administration, it was the first established. On 9 November 2017, CASC ordered 300 Boeing planes for $37 billion at list prices (a $M average) during Donald Trump's China visit. The order could include 260 B737s and 40 B787/B777s. On 25 March 2019, during Chinese leader's Xi Jinping state visit to France, CASC ordered 290 Airbus A320 and 10 Airbus A350, worth $34 billion at list prices before discounts.

Septimal semicomma

In music, the septimal semicomma, a seven-limit semicomma, is the ratio 126/125 and is equal to approximately 13.79 cents (). It is also called the small septimal comma and the starling comma after its use in starling temperament. Factored into primes it is: Or as simple just intervals: Thus it is the difference between three minor thirds of 6/5 plus a septimal minor third of 7/6 and an octave (2/1). This comma is important to certain tuning systems, such as septimal meantone temperament. A diminished seventh chord consisting of three minor thirds and a subminor third making up an octave is possible in such systems. This characteristic feature of these tuning systems is known as the septimal semicomma diminished seventh chord. In equal temperament It is tempered out in 19 equal temperament and 31 equal temperament, but not in 22 equal temperament, 34 equal temperament, 41 equal temperament, or 53 equal temperament. Sources 0126:0125

John Cheetham

John Cheetham, (1802 – 18 May 1886) the son of George Cheetham (1757–1826) a prosperous cotton manufacturer whose business was based at mills in Castle Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire and Bankwood Mills, Stalybridge. The family was Nonconformist in religion and Liberal in politics. John Cheetham served as MP for South Lancashire and later Salford. During the Lancashire Cotton Famine in 1861–65, Cheetham rose to prominence as President of the Cotton Supply Association: a body that aimed to promote the growth and export of raw cotton outside the US and particularly in the British Raj. As the US cotton supply returned however, Cheetham's frequent attacks on the governance of the Raj gradually caused opinion in Britain and India to turn against the Association, and it dissolved in 1872. His son John Frederick Cheetham was MP for North Derbyshire and later for Stalybridge.

Jānis Bulis

Jānis Bulis (born 17 August 1950 in Briģi parish, Ludza Municipality) is a Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona. Biography Jānis Bulis was born on 17 August 1950 in Brigis parish, Ludza Municipality, Latvia. After his secondary education, in 1972 he entered in the Riga's Metropolitan Roman Catholic Theological Seminary, in which he finished in 1977 and the same year, on 22 May, was then ordained to the priesthood at St. James's Cathedral, Riga by Cardinal Julijans Vaivods. First Bulis' religious services occurred on 5 June 1977 at Holy Trinity Church, Brigis. On 8 May 1991 Bulis was nominated bishop, being consecrated in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja on 24 June of the same year. On 7 December 1995 Bulis was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona, and on 6 January 1996 he was installed as its diocesan bishop. Devotional service before became bishop 14/06/1977 - 06/11/1980 - Vicar of St. Peter's Chains Church in Daugavpils. 06/11/1980 - 11/07/1984 - Parish priest of the Virgin of Anguish Church and at that time also served Dukstigals Virgin Mary Church. 11/07/1984 - 26/01/1989 - Parish priest at Christ the King Church in Riga. 26/01/1989 - 31.08.1991 - Parish priest at Ludzas and the Dean's Office from 23/01/1991, also served Virgin Mary church in Pušmucovas. Awards Order of the Three Stars II degree (2012)

Lestidiops

Lestidiops is a genus of barracudinas. Species There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: Lestidiops affinis (Ege, 1933) (Barracudina) Lestidiops bathyopteryx (Fowler, 1944) Lestidiops cadenati (Maul, 1962) Lestidiops distans (Ege, 1953) Lestidiops extrema (Ege, 1953) Lestidiops gracilis (Ege, 1953) Lestidiops indopacifica (Ege, 1953) (Indo-Pacific barracudina) Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889) Lestidiops jayakari jayakari (Boulenger, 1889) (Pacific barracudina) Lestidiops jayakari pseudosphyraenoides (Ege, 1918) Lestidiops mirabilis (Ege, 1933) (Strange pike smelt) Lestidiops neles (Harry, 1953) Lestidiops pacificus (A. E. Parr, 1931) Lestidiops ringens (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (Slender barracudina) Lestidiops similis (Ege, 1933) Lestidiops sphyraenopsis C. L. Hubbs, 1916 Lestidiops sphyrenoides (A. Risso, 1820)

K. P. Vallon

Kolote P. Vallon (2 January 1894 – 14 April 1940) was a social reformer and leader of the Pulaya community in the Cochin State of Kerala. Along with Pandit Karuppan and Chanchan, he played a transformative role in the upliftment of the Pulaya community in Cochin. Member of the Legislative Council Vallon was a two time member of the Cochin Legislative Council, the Maharaja of Cochin having nominated him in 1931 and 1939. He used the platform to champion the cause of the Depressed Classes and labourers. He introduced a resolution seeking government help to students of the Depressed Classes, which the government accepted. Commemoration The K P Vallon Road connecting Kadavanthra Junction to Kadavanthra, in Kochi is named after him. Vrindavanam Venugopalan edited and published a life sketch on Vallon in 1981 which was published by Viswakeralam Daily.

Tim Black

Timothy Reuben Ladbroke "Tim" Black CBE (7 January 1937 – 11 December 2014) was a family planning pioneer and founder of Marie Stopes International in London. He served as chief executive of Marie Stopes International for 30 years, from 1976 to 2006. During that time he built Maries Stopes International into one of the world's largest family planning organisations, which now works in more than 40 countries providing family planning and reproductive healthcare to over six million couples each year. Black was appointed a CBE in the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours for ‘Services to International family Planning in Developing Countries’. Early work and education Tim Black grew up in a village in Sussex, England, where he met his future wife Jean. The pair were married in 1962, after he qualified in medicine, and started their adventures together by travelling to South Africa and then up to Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia (now Harare in Zimbabwe), where Black spent a year as a house doctor. After Black's year in Rhodesia he and Jean took off three months and drove in a DKW jeep up through Africa, across to Tunis, Europe and back home to Sussex. On his return to England, Black worked as a senior house officer and registrar while studying for membership of the Royal College of Physicians at Croydon General and Harefield Hospitals. Jean, meanwhile, worked as a medical secretary at Queen Mary's Hospital in Carshalton. In 1966, looking for more excitement, the couple drove to India through Europe, the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Jean, by this time, was expecting their first child. Jane was born in Queensland, Australia in October 1966, after which the Black family went to New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea) where Tim was medical superintendent of a 120-bed hospital and of bush. Tim describes in his own words the moment he became convinced of the urgent need for family planning: "As a physician committed to a full-time career in fertility control I am often asked the question: When did you first become interested in family planning. I can quote the year, the month, the day. "I was visiting an aid post in a rural, remote jungle area of New Guinea. Towards the end of a long day, a woman of about 30, in a grass skirt, shyly laid a small crying baby on the crude bamboo table which served as an examination couch. The baby, a three-month-old boy with a distended abdomen, had a small hernia. He was dehydrated and like many babies in that region, underfed, for mothers are often unable to obtain the adequate protein diet so necessary for a good flow of breast milk. Besides, she was still suckling another child of about two-and-a-half years. "I reduced the size of the hernia, but it was obvious that if it was not operated on it would recur and eventually strangulate. In that case, unless the mother was able to walk the 10 miles or so to the river and then bring the baby by canoe to the hospital, or unless a doctor or nurse was traveling in the area, the baby would die. "As I handed back the baby and the little bundle of rags which passed for nappies, I gently explained to the mother the need to perform a small operation at our little district hospital; otherwise the swelling would return and the child might die. in Pidgin English, lingua franca of New Guinea, the phrase for death has a brutal finality about it: 'Pininin belon' you'e die pinish' - die finish. "Without emotion the mother began to tell me of her troubles. She had four young children and her husband had recently died. She was unable to spend enough time finishing or preparing sago - the staple diet of the area - and the sale of copra from her few coconut trees did not raise enough cash to meet the meagre needs of her family. She ended her sad monologue of tragedies by saying that she could not leave the family to take this baby to a distant hospital. "I pleaded, cajoled, even threatened; but she was adamant. She would not leave her other children, nor would she let me take the baby down the river with me to the hospital. Eventually we compromised. I would perform the operation right there in the crude village dispensary. "The operation went well despite my inexperience in this field and the primitive conditions. We anaesthetised the infant with ether and gauze. The wound was neat, bleeding had not been a problem, and we finished before the evening swarm of mosquitoes had become unbearable. "I was deeply satisfied and success had released the tension of the operation. Proudly I carried the limp and still sedated baby out to the mother, who was squatting in the shade of a tree with her children. As I handed her the baby and she saw he was still alive her face fell in obvious disappointment. "My shock was absolute. My immediate reaction was one of utter indignation. The gulf separating my life experience and that of this pitifully poor native woman was complete. She had wanted the baby to die - not live - during the operation. "I suddenly realised that I had presented her not only her baby, but with another mouth to feed - another dependent human being to whom she could offer nothing: no father, no education, no future - merely the cruel ritual of her bare survival. "It was at that moment that I began to realise that preventing a birth could be as important as saving a life" Returning to England, Black gained a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. In 1969 he obtained Population Council and Ford Foundation Fellowships to take a master's degree in Population Dynamics at the University of North Carolina, USA. By now the couple's second daughter, Julia, had been born. Later work and experience During Black's time in Carolina, he and Jean met Phil Harvey, an American also studying Population Dynamics, and they put together plans to sell condoms through the post. Harvey commented: “Tim loves a good fight. I have always been especially fond of him for this reason, as it is a propensity I share. He has never been afraid of controversy, never been awed by the establishment organisations and figures in our profession, or any other.” After completing their degrees in 1970, the two men decided to continue with the organisation. Harvey stayed at the ‘head office’ in Chapel Hill, while Tim and his family left for Africa to set up the organisation's first US-funded Contraceptive Social Marketing (CSM) Programme in Kenya. Malcolm Potts, a close friend and now a professor at University of California, Berkeley, remembers: “In 1972 I co-edited a book called New Concepts in Contraception. Tim Black and Phil Harvey wrote a chapter on the commercial distribution of contraceptives, but the work of foresight and pure genius was a chapter Tim wrote called ‘Ten institutional obstacles to advances in family planning’. I still use it in my teaching.” When Black returned to the UK in 1974, he and Jean set up a European branch of PSI - Population Services Family Planning Programme Ltd - which became known as Population Services, and eventually Marie Stopes International. The following year the Marie Stopes Memorial Foundation went into liquidation and Black and Harvey put up money to buy the lease of the famous clinic at 108 Whitfield Street, London W1, where Marie Stopes had opened her Mothers Clinic in 1925. “Here Tim was free to implement his vision of professional management, outsourcing, limited medical involvement and treating family planning consumers as customers not patients. As a result, Marie Stopes International has become one of the most cost-effective, courageous institutions with a truly global impact,” explains Malcolm Potts. By 1977, a number of vasectomy centres had been established throughout Britain and the operation was generating surplus income. This enabled Population Services to launch its first overseas programme with the opening of the Well Woman Centre in Dublin, Ireland. In 1978 a non-profit society, known as Parivar Seva Sanstha was opened in India under the management of Peter Lawton. These were soon followed by programmes in Sri Lanka and Kenya. Henrietta Search, who joined MSI in 1985, remembers how Tim and a small team strove to achieve more than their limited resources could really sustain. “I arrived one day at the centre in Whitfield Street and it became apparent that no one had thought about an office for me,” says Henrietta. “Tim introduced me to people in various rooms saying ‘is there room for Henrietta in here?’ to which the answer was always ‘no’. Finally it was decided that I should share a room in the basement with two enormous reclining chairs, but vacate it on Fridays, removing all the office paraphernalia, so that it could be used as a vasectomy recovery room!” Despite being a doctor himself, Black has sometimes been critical of the involvement of the medical profession in family planning, says Atula Nanayakkara, former Chief Executive of Population Services Lanka: “He felt strongly that medical concepts of service delivery were largely inappropriate for the delivery of family planning services. He was quick to point out that, after all, the world’s fertile were anything but sick. “He and Jean were innovators, searching for change, responding to it and exploiting it as an opportunity. And above all, they were entrepreneurs, willing to take risks shifting resources and building financially self-reliant programmes around the world.” Tim Black stepped down as Marie Stopes International's Chief Executive in 2006 and now sits as a member of the Marie Stopes International Board of Directors. Dana Hovig was appointed as Black's successor in January 2007. He died on 11 December 2014.

Tricky Dicky

Tricky Dicky may refer to one of the following: US President Richard Nixon, as a derogatory nickname with origins in the United States Senate election in California, 1950 (also "Tricky Dick") A song about Richard Nixon by Country Joe McDonald "Tricky Dicky", a 1962 song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, recorded by Richie Barrett and The Searchers among others Tricky Dicky (Cor!!), a British comic strip by Cyril Gwyn Price, which appeared in the magazine Cor!! from 1970 to 1973 Tricky Dicky (Topper), a British comic strip by John Dalles which appeared in the magazine The Topper and The Beano, from 1977 on Richard Hillman, in the Coronation Street TV series Richard Cole (EastEnders), in the EastEnders TV series Tricky Dicky's Mission Impossible, a character from the children's television show, ZZZap! Man Called Invincible, a 1973 western comedy film also known as Tricky Dicky

Madina Biktagirova

Madina Ulfatovna Biktagirova (, ; born September 20, 1964 in Osh, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a retired long-distance runner. She competed for both Belarus and Russia. Professional career In 1992, Biktagirova set a course record at the Los Angeles Marathon in a time of 2:26:23. Biktagirova set her personal best in 1997, clocking 2:24:46. She won the 2002 and 2003 editions of the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon. Olympic career Biktagirova competed in three Olympic games under three different flags. She finished fourth in the marathon at the 1992 Olympics, competing for the Unified Olympic team. After the race, she tested positive for norephedrine and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a drug test. Biktagirova competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Belarus, a race in which she did not finish. She ran the marathon for Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 5th place. Achievements

Labeobarbus matris

Labeobarbus matris is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Labeobarbus which is endemic to the Athi River in Kenya. It may be conspecific with Labeobarbus mariae.

Mary Pickford Award

The Mary Pickford Award is an honorary Satellite Award bestowed by the International Press Academy. It is “IPA’s most prestigious honor” and as an award “for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry” it reflects a lifetime of achievement. The award is named for Mary Pickford, early pioneer of the film industry, who began her career as a child actress and went on to become "America's Sweetheart" and a co-founder of United Artists Studios with fellow filmmakers Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. The award was first presented to Rod Steiger at the 1st Golden Satellite Awards. Edward James Olmos is the latest recipient. The trophy awarded to the honorees is a bust of Canadian American motion picture actress Mary Pickford cast in bronze, on a marble base, inscribed for the recipient. It was designed by Sarajevan sculptor Dragan Radenović. Honorees 1996: Rod Steiger 1997: Jodie Foster 1998: Alan J. Pakula 1999: Maximilian Schell 2000: Francis Ford Coppola 2001: Karl Malden 2002: Robert Evans 2003: Arnon Milchan 2004: Susan Sarandon 2005: Gena Rowlands 2006: Martin Landau 2007: Kathy Bates 2008: Louis Gossett Jr. 2009: Michael York 2010: Vanessa Williams 2011: Mitzi Gaynor 2012: Terence Stamp 2013: Mike Medavoy 2014: Ellen Burstyn 2015: Louise Fletcher 2016: Edward James Olmos 2017: Dabney Coleman 2018: Rade Šerbedžija

Dagobert I

Dagobert I (; 603 – 19 January 639 AD) was the king of Austrasia (623–634), king of all the Franks (629–634), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He was the last king of the Merovingian dynasty to wield any real royal power. Dagobert was the first of the Frankish kings to be buried in the royal tombs at Saint Denis Basilica. Rule in Austrasia Dagobert was the eldest son of Chlothar II and Haldetrude (575–604) and the grandson of Fredegund. Chlothar had reigned alone over all the Franks since 613. In 622, Chlothar made Dagobert king of Austrasia, almost certainly to bind the Austrasian nobility to the ruling Franks. As a child, Dagobert lived under the care of the Carolingian dynasty forebears and Austrasian magnates, Arnulf of Metz and Pepin of Landen. Chlothar attempted to manage the unstable alliances he had with other noble families throughout much of Dagobert's reign. When Chlothar granted Austrasia to Dagobert, he initially excluded Alsace, the Vosges, and the Ardennes, but shortly thereafter the Austrasian nobility forced him to concede these regions to Dagobert. The rule of a Frank from the Austrasian heartland tied Alsace more closely to the Austrasian court. Dagobert created a new duchy (the later Duchy of Alsace) in southwest Austrasia to guard the region from Burgundian or Alemannic encroachments and ambitions. The duchy comprised the Vosges, the Burgundian Gate, and the Transjura. Dagobert made his courtier Gundoin—who incidentally established monasteries in Alsace and Burgundy—the first duke of this new polity that was to last until the end of the Merovingian dynasty. While Austrasian rulers such as Chlothar and Dagobert controlled these regions through part of the seventh-century, they eventually became autonomous kingdoms as powerful aristocratic families sought separate paths across their respective realms. United rule Upon the death of his father in 629, Dagobert inherited the Neustrian and Burgundian kingdoms. His half-brother Charibert, son of Sichilde, claimed Neustria but Dagobert opposed him. Brodulf, brother of Sichilde, petitioned Dagobert on behalf of his young nephew, but Dagobert assassinated him and became sole king of the Franks. He later gave the Aquitaine to Charibert as a "consolation prize." In 629, Dagobert concluded a treaty with the Byzantine emperor Heraclius, which entailed enforcing the compulsory baptism of Jews throughout his kingdom. Besides signing this treaty, Dagobert also took steps to secure trade across his empire by protecting important markets along the mouth of the Rhine at Duurstede and Utrecht, which in part explains his later determination to defend the Austrasian Franks from the Avar menace. Under the rule of Dagobert's father and like-minded Merovingians, Frankish society during the seventh-century experienced greater integration—the Catholic faith became predominant for instance—and a generally improved economic situation, but there was no initial impetus for the political unification of Gaul. Clothar II did not seek to force his Neustrian neighbors into submission, choosing instead a policy of cooperation. This did not prohibit plunder-raids to replenish the dynastic coffers, which Dagobert undertook in Spain for example—one raid there earned him 200,000 gold solidi. Historian Ian Wood claims that Dagobert "was probably richer than most Merovingian monarchs" and cites for example his assistance to the Visigoth Sisenand—whom he aided in his rise to the Visigothic throne in Spain—and for which, Sisenand awarded Dagobert a golden dish weighing some five-hundred pounds. When Charibert and his son Chilperic were assassinated in 632, Dagobert had Burgundy and Aquitaine firmly under his rule, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in many years and the most respected ruler in the West. In 631, Dagobert led a large army against Samo, the ruler of the Slavic Wends, partly at the request of the Germanic peoples living in the eastern territories and also due to Dagobert's quarrel with him about the Wends having robbed and killed a number of Frankish merchants. While Dagobert's Austrasian forces were defeated at the Wogastisburg, his Alemmanic and Lombard allies were successful in repelling the Wends. Taking advantage of the situation at the time, the Saxons offered to help Dagobert if he agreed to rescind the 500 cow yearly tribute to the Austrasians. Despite accepting this agreement, Fredegar reports that it was to little avail since the Wends attacked again the following year. Rule in Neustria, from Paris Also in 632, the nobles of Austrasia revolted under the mayor of the palace, Pepin of Landen. In 634, Dagobert appeased the rebellious nobles by putting his three-year-old son, Sigebert III, on the throne, thereby ceding royal power in the easternmost of his realms, just as his father had done for him eleven years earlier. In historian Ian Wood's view, Dagobert's creation of a sub-kingdom for his son Sigibert had "important long-term implications for the general structure of Merovingian Francia." As king, Dagobert made Paris his capital. During his reign, he built the Altes Schloss in Meersburg (in modern Germany), which today is the oldest inhabited castle in that country. Devoutly religious, Dagobert was also responsible for the construction of the Saint Denis Basilica at the site of a Benedictine monastery in Paris. He also appointed St. Arbogast bishop of Strasbourg. Dagobert was beloved in many ways according to Fredegar, who wrote that "He rendered justice to rich and poor alike," adding that, "he took little sleep or food, and cared only so to act that all men should leave his presence full of joy and admiration." Such images do not fully convey the power and domination wielded by Frankish kings like Dagobert, who along with his father Chlothar, reigned to such a degree that historian Patrick Geary described the period of their combined rule as the "apogee of Merovingian royal power." Dagobert went down in history as one of the greatest Frankish kings, having held his lands against the eastern hordes and with noblemen as far away as Bavaria, who sought his overlordship. Only thirty-six when he died, Dagobert constituted the last of the great Merovingian kings, who, according to J.M. Wallace-Hadrill, "had the ruthless energy of a Clovis and the cunning of a Charlemagne." Despite having more or less united the Frankish realms, he likely was not expecting unitary rule to continue given the diverging interests of the Austrasian and Neustrian Franks, atop those of the Aquitanians and Burgundians. Upon his death, he was buried in the abbey of Saint-Denis and was the first Frankish king to be buried in the Saint Denis Basilica, Paris. The interment of Dagobert at Saint-Denis established a precedent for the future burial of French rulers there. Marriage and children The author of the Chronicle of Fredegar criticises the king for his loose morals in having "three queens almost simultaneously, as well as several concubines". When rex Brittanorum Judicael came to Clichy to visit with Dagobert, he opted not to dine with him due to his misgivings with Dagobert's moral choices, instead dining with the king's referendary, St. Audoen. Fredegar's chronicle names the three queens, Nanthild and the otherwise obscure Wulfegundis and Berchildis, but none of the concubines, stating that a full list of concubines would be too long. In 625/6 Dagobert married Gormatrude, a sister of his father's wife Sichilde; but the marriage was childless. After divorcing Gormatrude in 629/30 he made Nanthild, a Saxon servant (puella) from his personal entourage, his new queen. She gave birth to Clovis II (b. 634/5) later king of Neustria and Burgundy. Shortly after his marriage to Nanthild, he took a girl called Ragnetrude to his bed, who gave birth to his youngest son, Sigebert III (b. 630/1) later king of Austrasia. Coinage and treasures under Dagobert Treasure of Dagobert Coinage

Beach Dickerson

Beach Dickerson was an American actor known for such films as The Trip and Crazy Mama. He died in Los Angeles, California on December 7, 2005 at age 81. Dickerson was born in Glenville, Georgia, and worked frequently with director Roger Corman. His first appearance was in Attack of the Crab Monsters. He also performed in the films Sorority Girl, Rock All Night, Cocaine and Blue Eyes, Teenage Caveman and the 1991 film Future Kick. Dickerson willed three houses to his friend and author Scotty Bowers. The spreading of Dickerson's ashes by Bowers was shown in the 2017 documentary film Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood.

Straight into Darkness

Straight into Darkness is a 2004 American horror war film directed by Jeff Burr and starring Ryan Francis and Scott MacDonald. It was produced by Mark Hanna and Chuck Williams. The film is about a newly appointed MI6 agent, David Harrig, who investigates the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. At the start of the film, he finds himself surrounded by powerful forces from the occult underworld, who wish to exploit his abilities for their own purposes. Despite their efforts, however, David still seeks to unravel a mystery that began in the early seventies, when a young scientist by the name of Frank Poole was found dead in the town of Demb-Grenville. Cast Ryan Francis as Losey Scott MacDonald as Demming Linda Thorson as Maria James LeGros as Soldier Daniel Roebuck as Soldier David Warner as Deacon Liliana Perepelicinic as Anna Gabriel Spahiu as The Lunatic Priest Nelu Dinu as Nelu Mihai Verbintschi as Buchler Ion Bechet as Sergeant Release Home media The film was released on DVD by MCA Home Video and Bleiberg on June 6 and November 13, 2006 respectively. In 2010, it was released twice by Screen Media as both a single-feature, and multi-feature movie pack. It was released for the first time on Blu-ray by Willette Acquisition Corp. on December 8, 2015. Reception Scott Weinberg from eFilmCritic gave the film 4/4 stars, writing, "Jeff Burr's Straight Into Darkness starts out like a straight war flick, almost turns into a horror movie, slowly becomes a moving piece of drama, and spits you out on the other side both impressed with the end product...and more than a little shaken." Robert Koehler of Variety wrote, "Jeff Burr’s neo-gothic WWII drama Straight Into Darkness ends up resisting categorization. There’s pleasure to be had in watching a period war pic made with a personal touch and with a self-conscious pedigree, but this diminishes as Burr excessively lays on themes and action." Ian Jane from DVD Talk gave the film 3/5 stars, writing, "Straight Into Darkness is an interesting and at times almost surreal war film that does a good job of mixing horror movie elements with some serious drama. Unfortunately it gets a little buried under its own message but that doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile." Jon Condit from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 2.5 out of 5, calling it "fundamentally flawed", but commended the film's visuals.

Chloroclystis plinthochyta

Chloroclystis plinthochyta is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Turner in 1931. It is endemic to Australia (Queensland). Adults have greyish-brown patterned wings.

Eucalyptus zopherophloia

Eucalyptus zopherophloia, commonly known as the blackbutt mallee, is a species of spreading mallee that is endemic to an area on the west coast of Western Australia. It has rough bark over part or all of the trunk, smooth grey bark above, narrow lance-shaped leaves, flower buds in groups of nine or eleven, creamy white flowers and conical fruit. Description Eucalyptus zopherophloia is a spreading mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous bark over part or all of the trunks, smooth grey bark above. The adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same shade of dull to slightly glossy light green on both sides, narrow lance-shaped to narrow elliptical, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of nine or eleven on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are oval, long and wide with a rounded operculum. Flowering occurs between October and January and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody conical capsule long and wide with the valves near rim level. Taxonomy and naming Eucalyptus zopherophloia was first formally described by the botanists Ian Brooker and Stephen Hopper in 1993 in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by Brooker in 1986 at an area north of Coolimba. The specific epithet (zopherophloia) is from ancient Greek words meaning "dusky" and "bark". Distribution and habitat Blackbutt mallee is found in coastal areas between Jurien Bay and Zuytdorp Cliffs where it grows in grey or white sand with limestone rubble. Conservation status This eucalypt is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, meaning that is rare or near threatened.

Gungaloon, Queensland

Gungaloon is a locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gungaloon had a population of 33 people.

Belarus at the 2015 Summer Universiade

Belarus participated at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. Medal summary Medal by sports Medalists

Kalashoka

Kalashoka or Kakavarna was the son and successor of Shishunaga. He divided his kingdom between his ten sons and crowned his ninth son, Nandivardhana as the king of Magadha.

1986–87 Women's IHF Cup

The 1986–87 Women's IHF Cup was the sixth edition of IHF's second-tier women's handball competition. 1985 Cup Winners' Cup champion Budućnost Titograd defeated Štart Bratislava in the final, overcoming an away loss by a 5-goal margin, to become the second Yugoslav team to win the competition. They previously defeated defending champion SC Leipzig and 1983 champion Avtomobilist Baku on away goals. Results

Russell Sturgis

Russell Sturgis (; October 16, 1836 – February 11, 1909) was an American architect and art critic of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870. Sturgis was born in Baltimore County, Maryland. His parents were Russell Sturgis, a New York shipping merchant living temporarily in Baltimore, and Margaret Dawes (Appleton) Sturgis. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Sturgis (1755-1821), who served as a Private in Captain Micah Hamlin's Company, Colonel Simeon Cary's Regiment (1776) and was the younger brother of the merchant Russell Sturgis (1750-1826), and Elizabeth (Jackson) Sturgis (1768-1844)). Sturgis is, therefore, a second cousin to the merchant and banker Russell Sturgis (1805–1887). Educated in the public schools of New York City, Sturgis was graduated from the Free Academy in New York (now the College of the City of New York) in 1856, and later studied architecture under Leopold Eidlitz. For about a year and a half he also studied in Munich. In 1862 he returned to the United States. He was associated with Peter Bonnett Wight from 1863 to 1868 and then practiced alone until 1880. in 1863 Sturgis together with the painter John William Hill, art critic Clarence Cook, and geologist and art critic Clarence King helped to found the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art which published a journal The New Path. The articles written by Sturgis provided an early glimpse of his critical interest in art and architecture, made amply clear in his later writings. On May 26, 1864, he married Sarah Maria Barney, daughter of Danford N. Barney of New York City. Her father served as president of Wells Fargo & Company from 1853 to 1866. Russell and Sarah Sturgis were the parents of four sons and three daughters, of whom one son died in infancy. Career as architect Between 1865 and 1880 he designed Battell Chapel and Lawrance, Farnham and Durfee Halls at Yale; the Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital, New York City; the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Albany; and churches, commercial buildings, and residences in New York City, Albany, Aurora, Tarrytown and Watertown, New York; New Haven, Farmington and Litchfield, Connecticut; Louisville, Kentucky; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Upon the reorganization of the American Institute of Architects in 1868, Sturgis was elected secretary, while Richard Upjohn was president and R.G. Hatfield treasurer. Also in 1868, Sturgis published his Manual of the Jarves Collection of Early American Pictures in the Yale School of Fine Arts. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art was established in 1870, Sturgis was a trustee and a member of the executive committee until 1876, also serving as corresponding secretary from 1870 to 1873. He designed the First Baptist Church at Tarrytown, New York about 1875. During the Exposition Universelle of 1878, Sturgis spent some months in France, and upon his return accepted the chair of architecture and the arts of design at the College of the City of New York. He was the co-author, with Charles Eliot Norton, of a Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Engravings, Woodcuts and Illustrated Books, Parts of the Collections of C.E. Norton and R. Sturgis (1879). On account of ill health he left his professorship and retired from business in 1880 and went to Europe. Residing chiefly in Paris and Florence, he remained abroad until 1884. For a short time after his return he was secretary of the New York Municipal Civil Service Board, but resigned out of dislike for the political complications involved in the position. He trained architect Arthur Bates Jennings. On December 30, 1886, Sturgis and his eldest son, Appleton, represented the family at the funeral of his wife's uncle, Ashbel H. Barney, retired president (1869–70) of Wells Fargo & Company. Author and critic Sturgis was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and of the National Academy of Design; an honorary fellow of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; a fellow in perpetuity of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; life member of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society; honorary member of the National Society of Mural Painters; and a member of the Architectural League of New York (president in 1889-93), the Grolier Club, the Municipal Art Society, Archaeological Institute of America, National Sculpture Society, the Japan Society, the Fine Arts Federation of New York (first president, 1895–97); member of the University, Century and Players clubs of New York City; and a member of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies in London. He lectured on art at Columbia University, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Peabody Institute of Baltimore and the Art Institute of Chicago; his Scammon Lectures of 1904-05 in Chicago were published under the title The Interdependence of the Arts of Design (1905). Sturgis received the honorary degrees of MA from Yale in 1870 and PhD from the College of the City of New York in 1893. A disciple of John Ruskin, Sturgis intensely disliked the trend toward neoclassic eclecticism at the end of the 19th century and hailed Louis H. Sullivan's work as the most significant that was being done in America. A leading authority on the history of architecture and art, Sturgis was editor for decorative art and medieval archaeology of the Century Dictionary, editor of architecture and fine art for Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia (1893–95); and compiler (for the American Library Association) of the Annotated Bibliography of Fine Art (1897). In January 1897 he became editor of The Field of Art, a department of Scribner's Magazine, which he continued until his death. He is best known as a writer on art and architecture, making many contributions to dictionaries, encyclopedias and periodicals. He was editor-in-chief of A Dictionary of Architecture and Building (3 vols, 1901–1902). Sturgis edited and revised the English version of Wilhelm Luebke's Outlines of the History of Art (2 vols, 1904), and was editor on fine arts for the Encyclopedia Americana (1904–05). He wrote: European Architecture: A Historical Study (1896). The Etchings of Piranesi (1900). How to Judge Architecture (1903). The Appreciation of Sculpture (1904). The Appreciation of Pictures (1905). A Study of the Artist's Way of Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts of Design (2 vols, 1905). The Interdependence of the Arts of Design (1905). Ruskin on Architecture (1906). History of Architecture (4 vols., 1906–1915; Vols. III and IV were completed by A.L. Frothingham, Jr.). During his last years he was nearly blind. He died on February 11, 1909, at his long-time home, 307 East 17th Street, in New York City. Sarah Sturgis died there on May 1, 1910. Selected buildings Joseph H. Scranton house (1867–71), Scranton, Pennsylvania. Farnham Hall (1868–70), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Dean Sage house (1869), 839 St. Mark's Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Durfee Hall (1870–71), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. house (1872–73, demolished), 6 West 57th Street, New York City. Interiors were designed by Frank Furness and executed by Daniel Pabst. Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank (1874–75), State & James Streets, Albany, New York. Battell Chapel (1874–76), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. First Baptist Church (1875–81), Tarrytown, New York. Lawrance Hall (1885–86), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Free Surgical Hospital (1888–89), York Avenue & 63rd Street, New York City. Rev. Cannon Douglas house (c. 1899), Tuxedo Park, New York. Notes

Army officer ranks

Armies have military rank systems that are often used by other military services such as air forces or marines. NATO rank codes To aid in the comparison of ranks in the armed forces of different countries, NATO rank codes are used. These are established codes for determining the seniority of officer and other ranks in NATO countries for a particular joint task group or command structure, although specific appointments designate a higher level of seniority over other equivalent rank codes in a given situation. Officer ranks go from OF-1 (applying to all subaltern officers below captain) up to OF-10; OF(D) being a special category for trainee officers awaiting a commission. Other Ranks (those considered enlisted men in the United States forces) are classified from OR-1 to OR-9. Warrant Officers in the United States forces are a special case as they are single track career specialists between the enlisted and officer ranks in terms of seniority, and have no NATO rank code. The system should not be confused with the pay grades used in the US military. While countries outside the NATO command structure do not strictly fall into this classification structure and there may be incidences of overlap (particularly in OR ranks between countries), the codes still provide a useful gauge in determining what ranks are broadly equivalent. General officers These are the highest ranks. Promotion to OF-10 rank is now rare and usually reserved for wartime. Note that there is doubt about rank equivalency in countries that have no brigadier-generals but both colonel-generals and full generals, such as the German Empire and Russia - often it is considered that in these countries a colonel-general equates to an OF-9 rank, a general to OF-8, a lieutenant-general to OF-7, and a major-general to OF-6 (i.e. the ranks below colonel-general all move down one grade). Field and company officers ¹ Belgium has three official languages, French, Dutch and German. ² Canada has two official languages, English and French. ³ Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. 4Jordan recognizes the English titles listed above as official. 5 Introduced on 1 July 2000, when promotions to the rank of Överste 1. graden ceased. 6 Promotions to the rank of Överste 1. graden ceased on 1 July 2000, when the new junior general officer rank of Brigadgeneral was introduced.

America (novel)

America is a young adult novel written by E.R. Frank. It tells the story of America, a fifteen-year-old biracial boy who had gotten lost in the system. The author of the book, E.R. Frank, is herself a social worker. In an author's note at the end of the book, she says she has worked with many Americas over the years. The book was made into a 2009 TV movie on the Lifetime Television network, starring Philip Johnson as America and Rosie O'Donnell as his therapist. Although Dr. B is a female in the movie, Dr. B is portrayed as a male in the novel. __TOC__ Plot Born to a crack addict, America was given to a rich white family. They decided they didn't want him anymore after his skin started to darken at the age of five years old. The family's nanny, Sylvia Harper, adopts/fosters America. She had a "man-friend" named Clark Poignant, and a half-brother named Browning. Clark Poignant befriended America. After a year, America gets sent back to his biological mother by the state. Browning tells America to be as bad as he possibly can, so he will get sent back to them. America's mother lived in a shoddy house in New York City with America's two older brothers, named Brooklyn and Lyle. America's mother is never around, so five-year-old America has to live with his brothers- aged 7 and 8 - for two years. America, Brooklyn, and Lyle become hooligans, vandalizing and stealing all over the place. However, their luck runs out when an elevator worker finds them scribbling America's numbers all over the elevator. America is sent to a hospital, and Brooklyn and Lyle are sent to a foster home. Soon, he is sent back to Mrs. Harper. Mrs. Harper has grown old and arthritic, and Browning has moved into America's old bedroom, which they share. Clark Poignant had since died, after he left. However, America has difficulty erasing the cussing and bad behaviors he'd learnt. He soon starts Grade 2, even though he is mostly illiterate. Browning sees that America enjoys being bad and secretly encourages him. When America begins school, he meets Liza, who shares some of his bad behavior, and they develop crushes on each other. Browning's relationship with America continues to develop. He gives America a lighter with a naked lady on it, and gives him alcohol. He also gives America reading lessons with pornographic magazines. Eventually, Browning begins to molest America and has sex with him on occasion. America likes the feeling of Browning touching him so begins to promote his sexual relations. Then Browning introduces America to masturbation and both masturbate together in the room unnoticed. America discovers that his mother had six children. He also learns about her drug money at the time of each child's birth. America burns the chart and throws the ashes at Browning. Then, out of anger and in a drunken stupor, America sets Browning's bed on fire with his lighter, killing him. America goes to New York and lives with a marijuana dealer named Ty (Charles Tyler). Ty is eventually arrested by the NYPD and America is questioned by a detective. During the interview, he confesses to the murder of Browning. He goes to court, but he is not convicted, so the judge sends him to Applegate. At Applegate, America befriends Wick, Marshall and Ernie, and is acquainted with the seemingly intellectually disabled Fish. Ernie worries about America. America resists therapy and attempts to destroy a therapist's office after he asked if America's uncle had done anything to him. Ernie is the only one who understands America's plight. Eventually, a distraught America climbs a tree and attempts to hang himself. But Ernie finds him hanging from the tree and saves his life. Shortly after, he is sent to Ridgeway. At first, America refuses to talk to Dr. B, but eventually he begins to open up to him. America decides to send a letter to Ernie to thank him for saving his life. When Ernie replies, he says he knows America killed a man, but he also knows America is a good person. He mentions Liza, who contacted Applegate looking for him. Three weeks after his sixteenth birthday, he meets Brooklyn. Later, Dr. B tells him America is ready to work in the kitchen. When he is in the kitchen, though, he wastes enormous quantities of carrots because they remind him of cooking dinners with Browning. When America is 17, Brooklyn enters detox again. America receives a letter from Liza. Dr. B informs America there is a spot open in a transitional home, where he will live with two other young people, Kevin and Ben, and a social worker named Phillip. America decides to go. At the home, America writes Liza and tells her she can come by if she wants. Dr. B informs America his brother Brooklyn has eloped. Liza is finally re-united with America at the home. But America still thinks about what happened to Mrs. Harper and Lyle, and why Brooklyn eloped. He is unable to cook in the home because of painful memories coming up again. When America is eighteen, he receives a letter from Brooklyn, which tells him that they are brothers, and that they are associated. Dr. B teaches him positive self-talk to eliminate painful memories, but America still wants to see Mrs. Harper. He struggles to tell Liza he truly loves her, and is troubled by the notion of love itself. He visits Mrs. Harper in the nursing home, who is delighted to see him. Mrs. Harper dies several days after his visit. America and Dr. B cry together reading the letter from the nursing home. America feels forgiven by Mrs. Harper, and burns his fifty-seven pairs of shoelaces with his lighter and then he throws his lighter away, symbolism showing his painful memories are gone and he is able to live his life. The books ends with a dream about everyone who had a positive impact on America's life, lifting him up by the hand of God. America says he is found. Film adaptation In 2009, the book was made into a feature film America and broadcast as a television film on Lifetime Television. It stars Rosie O'Donnell as the therapist Dr. Maureen Brennan, Ruby Dee as Mrs. Harper and Philip Johnson as America. It was directed by Yves Simoneau and written by Joyce Eliason.

Miguel Roca

Miguel Roca (born 21 April 1956) is a Spanish fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Fukuiraptor

Fukuiraptor ("thief of Fukui") was a medium-sized megaraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous epoch (either Barremian or Aptian) that lived in what is now Japan. Description and history The type specimen is a partial skeleton (designated FPDM-V97122) discovered in the Kitadani quarry near Katsuyama in the Fukui prefecture. It is thought that this specimen, which would have measured about 4.2 metres long in life and weighed 175 kg, was not mature and an adult may have been larger. The remains of many other individuals have been found in the quarry, with numerous humeri, femurs, and teeth being assigned to this species. However, the other individuals recovered from the same locality are mostly juveniles that were smaller than the holotype (Currie & Azuma, 2006), in the smallest case less than a quarter of the holotype's size. A tooth (NDC-P0001) discovered in a block of conglomerate from the Sebayashi formation has been referred to Fukuiraptor as well. The distinctive teeth of Fukuiraptor show similarities with both carcharodontosaurids (being very compressed and blade-like, as well as having wrinkled enamel) and tyrannosaurids (having oblique blood grooves near the serrations). The holotype also had very large and flat manual unguals (hand claws), which played a role in its initial classification as a dromaeosaurid (as the hand claws were mistaken for foot claws) as well as its current classification as a megaraptoran. An astragalus (NMV P150070) found in Australia, provisionally referred to Australovenator, may belong to a megaraptoran more closely related to Fukuiraptor due to being very similar to it. Classification Initially considered a member of the Dromaeosauridae when first discovered, its initial describers considered it a carnosaur, related to Allosaurus. More recent studies consider it a megaraptoran, an enigmatic group which may have been part of the family Neovenatoridae. However, more recently, another analysis has proposed that all megaraptorans are actually tyrannosauroids, which would reclassify Fukuiraptor as a tyrannosauroid coelurosaur. Recent cladistic analysis of the theropod Gualicho has suggested that Fukuiraptor and other megaraptorans are either allosauroids, or non-tyrannosauroid basal coelurosaurs. External links Image of the holotype skeleton, published by the twitter account of Thomas Holtz

Protomicarea

Protomicarea is a genus of fungi within the Psoraceae family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Protomicarea limosa.

Jessie Usher

Jessie T. Usher Jr. (born February 29, 1992) is an American actor. He starred as Cam Calloway on the Starz television series, Survivor's Remorse. He previously played Lyle on Level Up. In 2014, he appeared in When the Game Stands Tall and the voice of American Boy in Teenage. In 2016, Usher co-starred in Independence Day: Resurgence. He is part of the main cast of Amazon Prime Video’s original series The Boys which is based on the comic book series of the same name playing A-Train. Early life and education Jessie T. Usher Jr. was born the son of Jessie T. and Judith Usher in Maryland. Usher first showed an interest in acting at the age of 5 after his sister Jesstia booked a TV commercial. His first acting job was an Oscar Meyer commercial. In 2003, the family relocated to Los Angeles to help further Usher's career. He graduated from high school at the age of 15. Usher joined Alpha Gamma Sigma and studied culinary arts in community college. Career Usher's first professional acting job was in an episode of CBS's Without a Trace in 2005. In 2007, he appeared in an episode of the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana. In 2011, Usher starred in the Cartoon Network television film Level Up. The film spawned a television series in which Usher would reprise his role as Lyle Hugginson which lasted two seasons. He later voiced American Boy in the 2013 documentary Teenage. In 2014, Usher appeared in the film When the Game Stands Tall. In March 2014, Usher was cast as the lead in Survivor's Remorse, executive produced by NBA superstar LeBron James. The series premiered in October 2014. In 2016, Usher appeared in the sequel to the 1996 film Independence Day opposite Bill Pullman, Liam Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum. Later that year, Usher co-starred in the Christmas themed comedy-drama Almost Christmas opposite Danny Glover and Kimberly Elise. In 2019, Usher played the lead in a sequel to the 1971 film Shaft, starring as the son of Samuel L. Jackson's character from the 2000 film, and the grandson of the original Shaft, played by Richard Roundtree. In January 2018, it was announced that Usher has been cast as A-Train in the Amazon Studios show The Boys, which is based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson comic book with the same name. Filmography Film Television

Chah-e Qorban, Kerman

Chah-e Qorban (, also Romanized as Chāh-e Qorbān) is a village in Gavkan Rural District, in the Central District of Rigan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 119, in 22 families.

Christian Kouamé

Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou (born 6 December 1997), known as Christian Kouamé, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Fiorentina on loan from Genoa. Club career He made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for Prato on 6 September 2015 in a game against Pisa. On 13 July 2018, Kouamé signed with Serie A side Genoa. On 31 January 2020 he joined Fiorentina on loan with an obligation to buy. International career Kouamé debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019. He was called-up for the final tournament in November 2019, suffering a knee injury. He made his debut for the senior Ivory Coast national football team on 13 October 2019 in a friendly against DR Congo. Honors Ivory Coast U23 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations runner-up:2019 Career statistics

Nosrat-ollah Jahanshahlou

Nosrat-ollah Jahanshahlou was a leftist Iranian politician. He was among The Fifty-Three group who were arrested because of their political activities in November 1938 in Iran. After World War II he joined to the separatist movement of Azerbaijan People's Government in Tabriz. During this time he served as the first chancellor of University of Tabriz. After collapse of the Azerbaijani government by the Imperial Iranian Army, he fled to USSR with couple of other members of Azerbaijani Democratic Party. After 26 years of residing in Soviet Azerbaijan he immigrated to East Germany, then to Switzerland. Personal life He born in Tehran to Zanjani father in May 1913. He graduated from University of Tehran with Doctor of Medicine degree. He died in Berlin, Germany at the age of 99.

The Boat Race 1981

The 127th Boat Race took place on 4 April 1981. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Umpired by former Oxford rower Ronnie Howard, it was won by Oxford who passed the finishing post eight lengths ahead of Cambridge, their largest margin of victory since 1898. The race saw Oxford coxed by Sue Brown, the first female cox in the history of the event. In the reserve race, Isis beat Goldie by lengths, and in the Women's Boat Race, Oxford were victorious. Background The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues"). First held in 1829, the race takes place on the Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide. Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having beaten Cambridge by a canvas in the previous year's race. However Cambridge held the overall lead, with 68 victories to Oxford's 57 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877). The race was sponsored for fifth time by Ladbrokes. The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Up until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races. The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat has been held since 1965. It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race. Christopher Dodd writing in The Guardian noted Oxford's aggressiveness during the preparations for the race, suggesting that they were "set to humiliate their opponents if they possibly can." Dodd went on to predict that Oxford would win by their greatest margin since the 1898 race. Meanwhile, Cambridge had reorganised their seating order the week before the race. Oxford's boat was named after Russell Crockford who had rowed in Oxford's successful 1978 and 1979 races. He was killed in a car accident the previous year on his way to a regatta in Australia. Umpire Ronnie Howard modified the starting arrangements, making the boats commence the race closer together to dissuade the coxes steering into one another from the start. He warned both coxes that should they foul, he would disqualify them. Crews Sue Brown was selected to cox the Oxford boat, and became the first female competitor in the history of the Boat Race. Although she had learned to cox at Wadham, she had already been selected to represent Great Britain in the Women's coxed fours at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She had impressed Oxford coach Dan Topolski who chose her for the Dark Blues. Her selection caused a furore; according to Dodd, "Sue Brown must have passed before more shutters than anyone except for Lady Diana Spencer". She was advised by Colin Moynihan who had coxed Oxford to their largest victory of the century in the 1977 race. Boris Rankov was making his fourth appearance, but this time as a junior fellow of St Hugh's, rather than as an undergraduate at Corpus Christi. In doing so, he became the first representative of a women's college in the men's Boat Race. The Oxford crew weighed an average of 13 st 8 lb (86.0 kg), more per rower than their opponents. The race saw the return of no fewer than twelve former Blues, six in each crew. Only Richard Yonge, Richard Emerton and Brown for Oxford and R. Stephens, M. Clark and Mike Cowie for Cambridge were new to the race. Graeme Hall was the Cambridge finishing coach, while Oxford's Dan Topolski took over that role from Steve Royle two weeks prior to the race. Race Oxford were strong pre-race favourites; Ladbrokes themselves quoted Oxford at odds of five-to-one on to win. Cambridge won the toss for the first time in seven years and elected to start on the Surrey station. The race started at 1 p.m. under umpire Howard's guidance. Both crews rating equally off the start, Oxford took an early lead and led by nine seconds by the Mile Post, allowing her to move the Dark Blue boat in front of Cambridge. Pushing her crew to outrate Cambridge, Oxford extended their lead to 10 seconds by Hammersmith Bridge, 14 seconds by Chiswick Steps, 18 seconds by Barnes Bridge and 23 seconds by the finishing post. Oxford won their sixth consecutive victory by eight lengths in a time of 18 minutes 11 seconds, the largest margin of victory since the Cambridge won the 1973 race by thirteen lengths, and the largest margin of victory in the 20th century for the Dark Blues. In the reserve race, Isis beat Goldie by five lengths, their second consecutive victory. In the 36th running of the Women's Boat Race, Oxford triumphed, their second consecutive victory. Reaction Oxford cox Brown avoided the traditional soaking in the Thames. She later commented: "I steered extremely badly, but we still won." Her coach Topolski said "She did a brilliant job." Dodd, writing in The Guardian, described Oxford's victory as "crushing" following their "undramatic and calculated performance". Jim Railton of The Times was impressed: "Without a doubt it is one of the finest crews Oxford have ever produced, arguably the best."

Dead Tone

Dead Tone (originally released as 7eventy 5ive) is a 2007 American slasher film directed and written by Brian Hooks and Deon Taylor. It stars Hooks, Antwon Tanner, Cherie Johnson, Rutger Hauer, German Legarreta, Gwendoline Yeo and Aimee Garcia. Plot The film begins with a sleepover of children. They prank call people while playing the game Seventy Five. Meanwhile, their parents are in the other room having drinks. The rules of the game are that you must keep a random person on the line for 75 seconds, and they must believe what you’re saying. As the night goes on, the kids go to bed, and a man whom the kids recently called calls back, before jumping from a closet and killing all the parents in the house with an axe as the children hide in their bedrooms. Ten years later, Chuck (Josh Hammond) is murdered in his house by an unknown figure. Two detectives, Detective Anne Hastings (Gwendoline Yeo) and Detective John Criton (Rutger Hauer) discover Chuck was one of the children involved in the Waley murders 10 years previously. They begin an investigation and find more of the survivors have been murdered. Meanwhile, Brandon (Jonathan Chase) is throwing a party at his fathers secluded mansion. Brandon invites his ex-girlfriend, Karina (Judy Taylor), so he can try to get back together with her, but she insists that her group of friends also come, including Marcus (Brian Hooks), Roxy (Cherie Johnson), Shawn (Germán Legarreta), Kareem (Antwon Tanner), Scott (Wil Horneff) and Jody (Aimee Garcia). As the group arrive and the party starts, Brandon and his friend Cal (Austin Basis) show everyone around, revealing that the house is filled with cameras which can be monitored on screens in the monitoring room, due to the house previously being used as a reality show set. After a few hours of partying, Marcus suggests a game of Seventy Five. Various people take part, until one caller murders someone for the group to hear. They all decide to not answer the phone and continue with their night. As the party finishes and most people leave, Karina and Brandon reconcile. Becky (Ellen Woglom) and Julie (Soraya Kelley) stay up partying with two boys. However, the killer soon arrives at the house and decapitates Becky, before killing the boys and Julie. The killer proceeds to decapitate a boy in the hot tub before drowning his girlfriend. Kareem witnesses the murders and rounds up Roxy, Marcus and Anna (Denyce Lawton) to leave. The group split up to warn the others. Marcus and Anna find Jody and Cal, however they are soon attacked by the killer who murders Anna, while the others flee into Brandon and Karina's room. After Kareem and Roxy arrive with an unconscious Scott, who Kareem accidentally knocked out, the group lock themselves in the room. Brandon blames Marcus for the murders, causing a fight to break out. After a while of waiting, Brandon and Karina leave to retrieve keys for Brandon's car, while Marcus and Kareem search for Shawn. The killer soon attacks Brandon and Karina, and Brandon is eventually axed in the back, killing him. The killer then throws Karina off the balcony, however she survives and runs into the monitor room to hide. Meanwhile, Cal goes outside to try and hot wire a car. As he succeeds, the killer appears and beats him to death, although he does manage to summon help to the house. Marcus and Kareem return to the room only to find it empty, before discovering Roxy has been killed. They find Scott, but are soon attacked. However, Marcus and Kareem manage to overpower the killer and pin them to the ground. As Kareem urges Scott to kill him, he instead murders Kareem. Marcus hides in the monitor room with Karina, watching in horror as Jody and then Shawn are murdered. Scott soon comes to the monitoring room, with his accomplice (Kyle Turley), who is revealed to be an inmate from the mental hospital they both recently escaped from. He goes on to reveal that he is, in fact, Scott's twin brother, William, and that he murdered Scott before they left for the party. William tells Marcus he blames him for the deaths of his parents all those years ago as he was the one that wanted to play Seventy Five. William then turns on his accomplice, stabbing him, before a fight breaks out between him, Karina and Marcus. Eventually, William stabs Karina to death. While Marcus swings the axe to kill William, Detectives Anne and John arrive and shoot Marcus, believing he is the killer. As Anne and John comfort William, the accomplice rises with an axe and swings it towards the detectives. Cast Brian Hooks as Marcus Antwon Tanner as Kareem Cherie Johnson as Roxy Aimee Garcia as Jody Walters Jud Tylor as Karina Wil Horneff as Scott Jonathan Chase as Brandon O'Connell German Legarreta as Shawn Austin Basis as Lucius 'Crazy Cal' Dupree Rutger Hauer as Detective Criton Gwendoline Yeo as Detective Ann Hastings Ellen Woglom as Becky Derek Rook as William Denyce Lawton as Anna Kyle Turley as Accomplice Josh Hammond as Chuck Newton Soraya Kelley as Julie Production The film was produced by Magic Johnson's production company. Producers, Lisa Diane Washington. Associate Producers, Anita M. Cal and Tony Moore. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Vincent Gillioz and featured songs from Wyclef Jean and Unset. Release The film was shot in May 2005 but remained unreleased for nearly two years. It had its world premiere on 16 May 2007 as part of the Cannes Film Market and its US debut was on July 23, 2007 at the Sacramento Film Festival. The DVD was released on February 9, 2010 from Screen Media.

Vincenzo Guerini

Vincenzo Guerini is the name of Vincenzo Guerini (athlete) (born 1950), Italian sprinter Vincenzo Guerini (footballer) (born 1953), Italian football player and manager

Cistus symphytifolius

Cistus symphytifolius is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands"..

Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye

Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Population

Limba Română (magazine)

Limba Română () is a magazine from the Republic of Moldova founded in 1991 by Ion Dumeniuc. History Alexandru Bantoş has been the editor in chief since 1992. Leo Bordeianu was a secretary-general (1991–2002). The magazine is sponsored by the Romanian Cultural Institute.

Lourdes Santiago Torres Leon Guerrero

Lourdes Santiago Torres Leon Guerrero (9 November 1923, Merizo - 25 February 2010) was a teacher in Guam. Considered a "premiere educator", she was posthumously inducted into Guam's Educator's Hall of Fame. Guerrero worked for almost six decades as a school teacher at Maxwell School, Merizo Elementary School, Sinajana Elementary School, Talofofo Elementary School, Santa Rita Elementary School, and John F. Kennedy, George Washington, Oceanview and Simon Sanchez high schools.

Ravee Farooq

Ravee Farooq is a Maldivian actor, director, editor and choreographer. Career Farooq made his film debut with Abdul Fatthah-directed romantic disaster film, Hureemey Inthizaarugaa (2005) cast along with Mariyam Zuhura, Waleedha Waleed, Ibrahim Jihad and Neena Saleem. The film, heavily relied on the effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives, received favorable reviews from critics though it failed to perform financially. Farooq played the disrespectful husband who chose wealth above his family. His performance won a Miadhu Crystal Award for the Best Male Newcomer. In April 2006, Ahmed Nimal's revenge thriller Hiyani was released which featured Farooq as the kidnapper who constantly flirts with a rich married woman. The film which primarily focuses on a wealthy troublesome couple whose possessions have been exposed by the disappearance of the husband, was mostly received positively by the critics. At 5th Gaumee Film Awards, Farooq was nominated as the Best Actor and Choreographer for his work in the film while he was bestowed with the Best Choreography award for the song "Asthaa Asthaa" at 1st Miadhu Crystal Awards. In 2008, Farooq appeared as the cunning brother-in-law in Fathimath Nahula's romantic drama film, Yoosuf which depicts the story of a deaf and mute man (played by Yoosuf Shafeeu) who has been mistreated by a wealthy family, mocking his disability. Featuring an ensemble cast including Yoosuf Shafeeu, Niuma Mohamed, Sheela Najeeb, Ahmed Nimal, Mohamed Manik, Fauziyya Hassan, Zeenath Abbas and Ahmed Lais Asim, the film is considered to include most prominent faces in a Maldivian film. The film received widespread critical acclaim and was attained a blockbuster status at box office. A total of forty five housefull shows were screened at Olympus Cinema before the film was leaked online, however the producers were able to screen five more shows at the cinema making it one of the Maldivian all-time highest grossing movies. The film was Maldivian official entry at 2009 SAARC Film Festivals and holds the privilege of being the opening movie of the festival. Farooq's first release of 2010 was Ali Shifau-directed family drama Dhin Veynuge Hithaamaigaa where he played the role of Jana, a photographer who gave a breakthrough to Nisha, played by Niuma Mohamed. The film showcases discrimination against the islanders, family revenge and fatherhood responsibilities. The film and his performance received positive response from critics. The film was believed to be a "huge improvement" over the recent Maldivian films. Being able to screen fifteen housefull shows of the film, it was declared to be a commercial success. He reunited with Niuma Mohamed and Ali Seezan in Amjad Ibrahim's romantic horror film Vakinuvinama which was a critical and commercial failure. The following year, he played the role of Imran, a spoiled kid who is envious of his step-mother, in Moomin Fuad-directed crime tragedy drama Loodhifa (2011). Featuring an ensemble cast, the film deals with current social issues in the society told from different perspectives of the characters. Made on a budget of MVR 600,000, the film was declared a commercial failure though it received wide critical acclaim, praising the performance of cast and the film's "realism" in its language, characters and their attitude. His portrayal garnered him a Gaumee Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Farooq was more involved in film direction for the next two years. In 2012, he directed Fathimath Nahula produced romantic drama Mihashin Furaana Dhandhen which features Niuma Mohamed, Mohamed Manik and Ali Seezan in pivotal roles. In an interview he mentioned that the film primarily based on a dramatic theme and he considered his experience to be "merely satisfying" while it is different than his previous directorial ventures. Upon release, the film received mixed response from critics while his work was recognised positively. Ahmed Nadheem of Haveeru noted the film as "the best Maldivian melodramatic film" he had seen in the past two years, though displeased with its similarities between two Bollywood films. In 2013, Farooq directed critically acclaimed experimental suspense thriller Ingili which features Ismail Rasheed and Abdulla Muaz. It was based on fourteen years old Mohamed Hassaan's National Award winning short story, Holhuasheege Ekuveriya. It celebrates the first Maldivian film to get recognized internationally by winning Bronze Medal in Best Feature Film category at SAARC Film Festival 2014 held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. At the 7th Gaumee Film Awards, Farooq received several nominations for his work in the film, including Best Director, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup. At 3rd Maldives Film Awards, Farooq received two nominations for Best Director, from Ingili and Mihashin Furaana Dhandhen, while winning the award for latter. In 2014, Farooq appeared as a doctor in the Ali Aishath Fuwad Thowfeek-directed Hulhudhaan alongside Mariyam Majudha and Roanu Hassan Manik which garnered critical success. The film was later screened at the Venice Film Festival. The following year, Farooq directed the suspense thriller film Mikoe Bappa Baey Baey which stars Mohamed Manik and Aishath Rishmy in pivotal roles. The film along with his direction was critically acclaimed. It was one of the three entries from the Maldives at the SAARC Film Festival in 2016. At the 8th Gaumee Film Awards Farooq received five nominations, including a Best Supporting Actor and Best Editing award nomination for Hulhudhaan and a Best Director, Best Art Direction and Best Editing award nomination for Mikoe Bappa Baey Baey. In 2017, Farooq portrayed Ishan, a criminal who sought guidance from Vishka, played by Aishath Rishmy, in his crime thriller Vishka; it marked his second collaboration with Rishmy. Prior to release, it faced controversies as Hassan Haleel requested a deferment in its release claiming he allegedly owns the story and script of the film. However, the film was cleared for exhibition with the court order proclaiming that the ownership of the script and story belongs to Rishmy. Upon release, the film opened to a positive response from critics. Mohamed Musthafa of the Sun applauded its "unexpected climax" and Ravi's "exceptional work" in acting, directing and editing. Echoing similar sentiments, Ahmed Nadheem of Avas opined his acting to be "per excellence, and beyond Maldivian cinematic standards". The film was screened at the SAARC Film Festival in 2017. 2018 was a dull year for Maldivian film-industry with regards to 2018 Maldivian presidential election. His only release of the year was the first Maldivian web-series, a romantic drama by Fathimath Nahula, Huvaa. The series consisting of sixty episodes and streamed through the digital platform Baiskoafu, centers around a happy and radiant family which breaks into despairing pieces after a tragic incident that led to an unaccountable loss. The series and his performance as a young man trying to win the love of a divorcee were positively received. Personal life Farooq first married Lahfa Faiz, a vocalist and the couple got divorced after few years. He later married to Fathimath Riva Hussain and was blessed with two boys. On 8 January 2009, his wife gave birth to their first son, Hussain Ruvau Ravee and on 11 April 2013, she gave birth to their second child, Ali Ravaih Ravee before the couple got divorced few months later. He then started a relationship with Aishath Rishmy. On 25 March 2019, Farooq and Rishmy married without publicity. Filmography Feature film Television Other work Discography Accolades

Discoverer 18

Discoverer 18, also known as Corona 9013, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched on 7 December 1960 at 20:24:00 GMT. It was a KH-2 9013 satellite, based on an Agena-B. The launch of Discoverer 18 occurred at 20:24:00 GMT on 7 December 1960. A Thor DM-21 Agena-B rocket was used, flying from LC 75-3-4 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Upon successfully reaching orbit, it was assigned the Harvard designation 1960 Sigma 1. Discoverer 18 was operated in a low Earth orbit, with a perigee of , an apogee of , 81.5° of inclination, and a period of 93.66 minutes. The satellite had a mass of , and was equipped with a panoramic camera with a focal length of , which had a maximum resolution of . Images were recorded onto film, and returned in a Satellite Recovery Vehicle (SRV), which was recovered three days after the launch. The Satellite Recovery Vehicle used by Discoverer 18 was SRV-508. Discoverer 18 was a satellite placed in a near-polar orbit to test spacecraft engineering techniques, to continue the evaluation of the Agena B vehicle, and to attempt separation, deceleration, reentry through the atmosphere, and recovery from the air of an instrument package. The satellite's scientific experiment package of radiation dosimeters, infrared radiometers, and microwave band detectors was identical to that of DISCOVERER 17 (launched on 12 November 1960), with the addition of photographic film packs sensitive to neutrons, x-rays and gamma rays, and nuclear track plates. The spacecraft carried external lights (approximately a sixth to seventh magnitude star) for optical tracking from ground camera stations. The cylindrical Agena B stage carried a telemetry system, tape recorder, receivers for command signals from the ground, a horizon scanner, and a recovery capsule. The capsule was a bowl-shaped configuration in diameter and deep. A conical afterbody increased the total length to about . The recovery capsule payload included the photographic film packs, nuclear track plates, and biological specimens. A Thiokol retrorocket was mounted at the end of the afterbody to decelerate the capsule out of orbit. An monitoring system was included in the capsule to report on selected events, such as the firing of the retrorocket, jettisoning of the heat shield, and others. The recovery capsule was ejected, reentered the atmosphere, and was retrieved in mid-air near Hawaii by a C-119 aircraft at altitude after 48 orbits. The Agena B stage remained in orbit until 2 April 1961, when it reentered the atmosphere and burned up. Useful scientific data were obtained from the satellite. Experience Nuclear Emulsion, was two groups of films coated with nuclear emulsions, arranged horizontally and vertically, were used to measure the intensity and direction of cosmic radiation and to distinguish among electrons, protons, and heavier charged particles. These emulsions were sensitive to neutrons, x-rays, and gamma rays. Nuclear track plates were also included in the experiment package. Neutron density was measured by changes induced in a metallic bismuth detector. The experiment was contained in the recovery capsule, which was retrieved in mid-air after 48 orbits.

Atomik Harmonik

Atomik Harmonik is a turbo-folk music group from Kamnik, Slovenia. Their debut single "Brizgalna Brizga" stayed at #1 in the Slovenian pop charts for several months. Their other hits include "Hop Marinka", "Na seniku", "Od hr'ma do hr'ma", and their European hit "Turbo Polka", which hit the charts in Germany and Austria, bringing the group fame across Europe. Members Jani Pavec Miha Ojsteršek Mateja Poročnik Anže Turk Maja Ramšak Former members Mateja "Matejči" Mohar (2015–2015) Uroš Kržan (2011-2011) Vesna Kociper (2010–2011) Petra Crnjac (2010–2011) Gašper Krek (2010–2011) Darja Gajšek (2010) Špela Grošelj (2004–2010) Mateja ("Tejči") Vuk (19 September 2006 – 2010) Tomo Primc (2009-2011) Dejan "Frai Toni" Čelik (2004–2009) Iris Soban (10 April 2006 – 24 April 2006) Špela ("Špelca") Kleinlercher (2004–2006) Singles From Brizgaaaaj!: 2004 "Brizgalna Brizga" 2005 "Na seniku" From Brizgaaaaj! Še več in dlje!: 2005 "Turbo Polka" From Vriskaaaj!: 2006 "Polkaholik" From Traktor polka: 2011 "Traktor polka"

The Invisible Man (1933 film)

The Invisible Man is a 1933 American pre-Code science fiction horror film directed by James Whale. Based on H. G. Wells' 1897 science fiction novel The Invisible Man and produced by Universal Pictures, the film stars Claude Rains, in his first American screen appearance, and Gloria Stuart. The film was written by R.C. Sherriff, along with Philip Wylie and Preston Sturges, though the latter duo's work was considered unsatisfactory and they were taken off the project. As an adaptation of a book, the film has been described as a "nearly perfect translation of the spirit of the tale" upon which it is based. It spawned a number of sequels and spin-offs which used ideas of an "invisible man" that were largely unrelated to Wells' original story. Rains portrayed the Invisible Man (Dr. Jack Griffin) mostly only as a disembodied voice. Rains is only shown clearly for a brief time at the end of the film, spending most of his on-screen time covered by bandages. In 2008, The Invisible Man was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot On a snowy night, a stranger, his face swathed in bandages and his eyes obscured by dark goggles, takes a room at The Lion's Head Inn in the English village of Iping in Sussex. The man demands that he be left alone. Later, the innkeeper, Mr. Hall, is sent by his wife to evict the stranger after he makes a huge mess in his room while doing research and falls behind on his rent. Angered, the stranger throws Mr. Hall down the stairs. Confronted by a policeman and some local villagers, he removes his bandages and goggles, revealing that he is invisible. Laughing maniacally, he takes off his clothes, making himself completely undetectable, and drives off his tormenters before fleeing into the countryside. The stranger is Dr. Jack Griffin, a chemist who has discovered the secret of invisibility while conducting a series of tests involving an obscure drug called monocane. Flora Cranley, Griffin's fiancee and the daughter of Griffin's employer, Dr. Cranley, becomes distraught over Griffin's long absence. Cranley and his other assistant, Dr. Kemp, search Griffin's empty laboratory, finding only a single note in a cupboard. Cranley becomes concerned when he reads it. On the note is a list of chemicals including the drug monocane, which Cranley knows is extremely dangerous; an injection of it drove a dog mad in Germany. Griffin, it seems, is unaware of this. Cranley deduces that he may have learned about monocane in English books printed before the incident that describe only its bleaching power. On the evening of his escape from the inn, Griffin turns up at Kemp's home. He forces Kemp to become his visible partner in a plot to dominate the world through a reign of terror, commencing with "a few murders here and there". They drive back to the inn to retrieve his notebooks on the invisibility process. Sneaking inside, Griffin finds a police inquiry under way, conducted by an official who believes that it is all a hoax. After securing his books, he attacks and kills the officer. Back home, Kemp calls first Cranley, asking for help, and then the police. Flora persuades her father to let her come along. In her presence, Griffin becomes more placid and calls her "darling." When he realizes that Kemp has betrayed him, his first reaction is to get Flora away from danger. After promising Kemp that at 10 o'clock the next night he will murder him, Griffin escapes and goes on a killing spree. He causes the derailment of a train, resulting in a hundred deaths, and throws two volunteer searchers off a cliff. The police offer a reward for anyone who can think of a way to catch him. The chief detective in charge of the search uses Kemp as bait, feeling that Griffin will try to fulfill his promise, and devises various clever traps. At Kemp's insistence, the police disguise him in a police uniform and let him drive his car away from his house. Griffin, however, is hiding in the back seat of the car. He overpowers Kemp and ties him up in the front seat. Griffin then sends the car down a steep hill and over a cliff, where it explodes on impact. Griffin seeks shelter from a snowstorm in a barn. A farmer hears snoring and sees the hay, in which Griffin is sleeping, moving. The man notifies the police. The police surround the building and set fire to the barn. When Griffin comes out, the chief detective sees his footprints in the snow and opens fire, mortally wounding him. Griffin is taken to the hospital where, on his deathbed, he admits to Flora that "I meddled in things that man must leave alone." As he dies, his body gradually becomes visible again. Cast Claude Rains as Dr. Jack Griffin / The Invisible Man William Harrigan as Dr. Arthur Kemp Gloria Stuart as Flora Cranley Henry Travers as Dr. Cranley Una O'Connor as Jenny Hall Forrester Harvey as Herbert Hall Dudley Digges as Chief Detective E. E. Clive as Constable Jaffers Several notable character actors appear in minor roles, including Dwight Frye as a reporter, Walter Brennan as a man whose bicycle is stolen by Griffin, and John Carradine, acting at that time under the name Peter Richmond, as a Cockney informer. Production Claude Rains was not the studio's first choice to play the lead role in The Invisible Man. Boris Karloff was originally supposed to play the part but withdrew after producer Carl Laemmle Jr. tried too many times to cut Karloff's contractual salary. To replace Karloff, Chester Morris, Paul Lukas and Colin Clive were considered for the part. It was James Whale, who was assigned to direct the film to replace Cyril Gardner, who wanted Claude Rains to play Griffin – Rains was his first choice. Problems in developing the script held up the project for some time; in June 1932 the film was called off temporarily. The Invisible Man was in production from June to August 1933 at Universal Studios. Filming was interrupted near the end by a fire, started by a smudge pot kicked into some hay, which damaged an exterior set. The film was released on November 13, 1933 and was marketed with the taglines "Catch me if you can!" and "H.G. Wells' Fantastic Sensation". Differences from novel Although the basic framework of the story and the characters' names are largely the same as in the novel, there are several great differences. Each takes place around the same time it was released: the novel in the 1890s, and the film in 1933. In the novel, Griffin (the Invisible Man) remains almost a totally mysterious person, with no fiancee or friends; in the film he is engaged to a beautiful woman and has the support of her father and his associate. In the novel, Griffin is already insane before he makes himself invisible and he is entirely motivated by a lust for power. In the film, Griffin is a more sympathetic character motivated by his ambition to make a scientific breakthrough in order to become a worthy husband to Flora and his madness is a side effect of the invisibility serum. Dr. Kemp survives in the novel; his life is saved by those who ultimately kill Griffin. In the film, Dr. Kemp is terrified throughout, and pays with his life for betraying Griffin. Special effects The film is known for its visual effects devised by John P. Fulton, John J. Mescall and Frank D. Williams, whose work is often credited for the success of the film. When the Invisible Man had no clothes on, the effect was achieved through the use of wires, but when he had some of his clothes on or was taking his clothes off, the effect was achieved by shooting Claude Rains in a completely black velvet suit against a black velvet background and then combining this shot with another shot of the location the scene took place in using a matte process. Claude Rains was claustrophobic and it was hard for him to breathe through the suit. Consequently, the work was especially difficult, and a double, who was somewhat shorter than Rains, was sometimes used. The effect of Rains seeming to disappear was created by making a head and body cast of the actor, from which a mask was made. The mask was then photographed against a specially prepared background, and the film was treated in the laboratory to complete the effect. However there is a lapse at the end of the film when the invisible Rains walks through the snow and the outlined indentations as he walks appear as the imprints of shoes instead of his naked feet as it should have been. Reaction, awards and honors The movie was popular at the box office, and was Universal's most successful horror film since Frankenstein. Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times wrote, "The story makes such superb cinematic material that one wonders that Hollywood did not film it sooner. Now that it has been done, it is a remarkable achievement." The film also appeared on The New York Times year-end list as one of the Ten Best Films of 1933. Variety called the film "something new and refreshing in film frighteners" that "will more than satisfy audiences," but suggested that some of the laughs in the picture might not have been intentional. Film Daily wrote, "It will satisfy all those who like the bizarre and the outlandish in their film entertainment." John Mosher of The New Yorker called the film a "bright little oddity" that "never was properly appreciated." Despite the critical acclaim, H. G. Wells, the author of the original source text, said at a dinner in its honor that "while he liked the picture he had one grave fault to find with it. It had taken his brilliant scientist and changed him into a lunatic, a liberty he could not condone." Whale replied that the film was addressed to the "rationally minded motion picture audience," because "in the minds of rational people only a lunatic would want to make himself invisible anyway." (In the original novel, the scientist was amoral from the start and did not hesitate to rob his own father [who consequently commits suicide] to get the money to buy certain drugs for the invisibility process. In the movie, an essential color-removing drug in the process had the unavoidable side-effect of unbalancing his mind.) Despite his misgivings, Wells did praise the performance of Una O'Connor as the shrieking Mrs. Hall. Whale, who had previously directed Frankenstein as well as the first version of Waterloo Bridge, received a Special Recommendation from the 1934 Venice Film Festival in recognition of his work on The Invisible Man. Rains' film career took off after The Invisible Man, which was his first American film appearance. The film was nominated for the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills and AFI's 10 Top 10 (science fiction film), while the character was nominated as a villain for the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains list. Home media In the 1990s, MCA/Universal Home Video released The Invisible Man on VHS as part of the "Universal Monsters Classic Collection". In 2000, Universal released The Invisible Man on VHS and DVD as part of the "Classic Monster Collection", a series of releases of Universal Classic Monsters films. In 2004, Universal released The Invisible Man: The Legacy Collection on DVD as part of the "Universal Legacy Collection". This two-disc release includes The Invisible Man, along with The Invisible Man Returns, The Invisible Woman, Invisible Agent, and The Invisible Man's Revenge, as well as a short documentary—Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed—hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer. In 2012, The Invisible Man was released on Blu-ray as part of the Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection box set, which includes a total of nine films from the Universal Classic Monsters series. The film received a standalone Blu-ray release in 2013. In 2014, Universal released The Invisible Man: Complete Legacy Collection on DVD. This set contains six films: The Invisible Man, The Invisible Man Returns, The Invisible Woman, Invisible Agent, The Invisible Man's Revenge, and Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man. In 2016, The Invisible Man received a Walmart-exclusive Blu-ray release featuring a glow-in-the-dark cover. In September 2017, the film received a Best Buy-exclusive steelbook Blu-ray release with cover artwork by Alex Ross. In August 2018, the six-film Complete Legacy Collection was released on Blu-ray. That same month, The Invisible Man and its sequels were included in the Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection Blu-ray box set. This box set also received a DVD release. In October 2018, the film was included as part of a limited edition Best Buy-exclusive Blu-ray set titled Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection, which features artwork by Alex Ross. Sequel Due to the success of the first film, a sequel title The Invisible Man Returns was released in 1940, starring different actors and following different characters. The film stars Vincent Price as a new Invisible Man, while John Sutton plays the brother of Claude Rains's character from the 1933 film. Reboot In February 2016, it was announced that Johnny Depp would star in the remake with Ed Solomon writing the film's script, while Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan would be the producers. The film was planned as part of Universal Pictures' modern-day reboot of Universal Monsters, called Dark Universe. The series of films, which began with The Mummy (2017), was to be followed by Bride of Frankenstein in 2019. Franchise producer Alex Kurtzman stated that fans should expect at least one film per year in the shared film universe. However, on November 8, 2017, Kurtzman and Morgan moved on to other projects, leaving the future of the Dark Universe in doubt. In January 2019, Universal announced that it would completely scrap the Dark Universe and make filmmaker-driven films based on the classic monsters starting with a remake of The Invisible Man to be written and directed by Leigh Whannell and produced by Jason Blum, but it would not star Johnny Depp as previously reported. Variety has reported that Elisabeth Moss is in talks to star as Cecilia Kass. Storm Reid, Aldis Hodge, and Harriet Dyer joined the cast in the following months. In July 2019, Deadline reports that Oliver Jackson-Cohen was cast as the titular character. The Invisible Man is scheduled to be released on February 28, 2020.

Neet Covered Bridge

The Neet Covered Bridge is a Burr Arch single span structure that was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1904 over Little Raccoon Creek southwest of Rockville, Indiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. History This was the last bridge contracted by Joseph J. Daniels, he was 78 at the time, though he may have been the builder of the Roseville-Coxville Covered Bridge built 6 years later that had been contracted by J.P. Van Fossen. He would have been 84 years old by this time. The 1908 Atlas of Parke County doesn't show any property near the bridge being owned by anyone in the Neet family while Enoch Shrigley referred to it as the Joe Neet Bridge. Joseph W. Neet had been born in 1862 and owned 176 acres in section 33, the bridge is on the west side of section 33. George M. Neet, born in 1869, rented 20 acres north of the bridge. Robert E. Detrich later owned property at the bridge through 1959 and by 1990 owned 40 acres further from the bridge which is listed as Detrich Tree Farm. The Central Indiana Railroad crossed Little Raccoon Creek just north of the bridge. On March 25, 1989 Rockville Boy Scout Troop 469 repainted the bridge with 4 gallons of paint. A note on the bridge credits Ted Gahimer, Bruce Girdler, Matt Garrett, and Shawn Taylor as the painters. As of 2010 the bridge and area around it were being maintained by neighbors Bob Lowdermilk and John Tilton.

Antiochus IX Cyzicenus

Antiochus IX Eusebes Cyzicenus (, "Antiochus the Pious, the Cyzicene") was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom. He was the son of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea. He left the kingdom in 129 BC and went to the city of Cyzicus, but he returned in 116 BC to challenge his half-brother Antiochus VIII for power. The siblings fought a twenty-year civil war. In 112 BC, Antiochus IX's wife, Cleopatra IV, was killed by her sister Tryphaena, the wife of Antiochus VIII. Tryphaena herself died shortly afterwards. Antiochus VIII was assassinated in 96 BC; he was succeeded by his sons Seleucus VI and Demetrius III. Antiochus IX then took the capital Antioch and married his deceased wife's sister Cleopatra Selene, who was herself the widow of Antiochus VIII. Seleucus VI continued the war against his uncle. Antiochus IX Eusebes Cyzicenus was killed in battle in 96 BC. Biography The son of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea, upon the death of his father in Parthia and his uncle Demetrius II Nicator's return to power (129 BC), his mother sent him to Cyzicus on the Bosporus, thus giving him his nickname. Following the death of his mother c. 121 BC, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus challenged his half-brother, Antiochus VIII Grypus, for power over Syria. He returned to Syria in 116 BC to claim the Seleucid throne from his half-brother/cousin Antiochus VIII Grypus, with whom he eventually divided Syria, that same year. Antiochus IX Cyzicenus was first married to Cleopatra IV, who was said to have been killed in 112 BC by her sister and rival Tryphaena, wife of King Grypus. After the death of Grypus and Antiochus' capture of the capital, Antiochus married Cleopatra Selene of Syria, the sister of his former wife, Cleopatra IV. He was subsequently killed in battle by the son of Grypus, Seleucus VI Epiphanes, later in 96 BC. Legacy Antiochus IX probably created the Iturean tetrarchy as an ally against Antiochus VIII. Beginning his reign in 95 BC, Antiochus X Eusebes' first achievement was to defeat his double half-cousin/second cousin Seleucus VI Epiphanes, thus avenging the recent death of his father, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus. The epithets he took tell much of his story: Eusebes (being a title of his father) and also Philopator (father-loving) both honoured his father. After that, he ruled Antioch and its surroundings, fighting endlessly against the four brothers of Seleucus VI, the Nabataeans and the Parthian Empire.

J. T. Hibbert

Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert (5 January 1824 – 7 November 1908), known as J. T. Hibbert, was a British barrister and Liberal politician. Background and education The eldest son of Elijah Hibbert and Betty Hilton, he was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1849. Political career Hibbert was Member of Parliament for Oldham from 1862 to 1874, 1877 to 1886 and 1892 to 1895, when he lost his seat. He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1872 to 1874 and again from 1880 to 1883, as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1883 to 1884, as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1884 to 1885 and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from February to July 1886 and under Gladstone and later Lord Rosebery as once again Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1892 to 1895. In 1886, he was sworn of the Privy Council. Hibbert was also Chairman of Lancashire County Council and President of the County Councils Association and served as President of the second day of the second Co-operative Congress in 1870. In 1893 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from the Victoria University of Manchester in February 1902, in connection with the 50th jubilee celebrations of the establishment of the university. Personal life Hibbert died in November 1908, aged 84.

2009 League of Ireland First Division

The 2009 League of Ireland First Division season was the 25th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 12 teams and UCD won the title. Third placed Sporting Fingal also won the 2009 FAI Cup Final, qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League and were promoted to the Premier Division after winning a promotion/relegation play off. Clubs Overview This season saw the division expanded from 10 to 12 clubs. This was because the 2009 Premier Division was reduced to 10 clubs. The regular season began on 6 March and concluded on 7 November. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 33 games. UCD finished as champions and were automatically promoted to the Premier Division. There was no promotion/relegation play-off between the First Division and the A Championship this season. This was only because Kildare County, who finished bottom of the table, withdrew from the League of Ireland before the play-offs could be played. Final table Results Matches 1 to 22 Matches 23 to 33 Promotion/Relegation play-offs The second and third placed First Division teams, Shelbourne and Sporting Fingal played off to decide who would play the winner of the Premier Division play-off. The winner of this play off would play in the 2010 Premier Division. First Division First Division v Premier Division Sporting Fingal won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. Top scorers

2015 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election

The 2015 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Peter Fincham

Peter Arthur Fincham (born 26 July 1956) is a British television producer and executive. From 2008 until 2016, he was the Director of Television for the ITV network. He was also formerly the Controller of BBC One, the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation, until his resignation on 5 October 2007, following criticism over the handling of the A Year with the Queen debacle. Early life Fincham was educated at the independent Tonbridge School, Fincham studied at Churchill College, Cambridge. He joined the Cambridge Footlights production team as musical director, alongside a committee which included Griff Rhys Jones, Jimmy Mulville, Rory McGrath and Clive Anderson. After leaving Footlights, Fincham composed songs, none of which were picked up for recording, and then worked on the touring version of Godspell. During a period of increasingly common unemployment, Fincham was walking on Wandsworth Common in the rain and thinking to himself: "Oh my God. What have I done? I have made the wrong decision?" Fincham applied for a job at the BBC in 1984, a position as a researcher on The Late, Late Breakfast Show after his friend Helen Fielding left to concentrate on her writing career. However, he was unsuccessful in this application. Career TalkBack (1985–2005) In 1985 he joined the staff of the independent production company TalkBack Productions as a producer. At the time the company, which was founded by comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, produced radio programming, television advertisements and corporate videos. Fincham became the company's managing director in 1986, and in 1989 oversaw the move of TalkBack into fully-fledged television production when it produced its founders' sketch show, Smith and Jones, for BBC One. TalkBack became particularly well known for its comedy output, which included such shows as The Day Today (BBC Two, 1994), Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (BBC Two, 1994), They Think It's All Over (BBC One, 1995–2006), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two, 1996–2015), I'm Alan Partridge (BBC Two, 1997 and 2002), Smack the Pony (Channel 4, 1999–2003) and Da Ali G Show (Channel 4, 2000). Fincham served as executive producer on many of these programmes. He also helped to establish TalkBack as a noted producer in other genres, with the company moving into drama with Stephen Poliakoff's Shooting the Past (BBC Two) in 1999. In 2001, Fincham was given an Indie Award for outstanding contribution to the independent production sector. Also in 2001 TalkBack was sold to FremantleMedia in a £62 million deal, which made Fincham personally a multi-millionaire. Fremantle merged TalkBack with another of its acquisitions, Thames Television, to form the new Talkback Thames production company, of which Fincham became the Chief Executive in February 2003. He remained in this position until he left at the beginning of 2005, after twenty years at TalkBack and its successor company, claiming he wanted "a new challenge and a new adventure." BBC One controller Lorraine Heggessey's appointment to his old post opened up the vacancy at BBC One, which he in turn applied for and won despite being "rich enough never to have to work again". BBC One (2005–2007) Fincham was regarded in some quarters as a surprising choice as Controller, as prior to his appointment he had never worked for either the BBC or any other broadcaster, having spent his career in the independent production sector. In 2006, The Guardian newspaper reported that at BBC One Fincham was ultimately responsible for an annual programming budget of £873 million. Fincham oversaw the commissioning of successful BBC One programmes such as Robin Hood (2006–09), Jane Eyre (2006) and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (2006). His first full year in charge saw a year-on-year growth in the channel's audience share, with BBC One earning a 23.6% share in August 2006, compared to 22.2% in the same month in 2005. Fincham directly initiated the creation of both the early evening current affairs and lifestyle programme The One Show (2006–present) and the prime time chat show Davina (2006), the latter designed as a vehicle for presenter Davina McCall. However, Davina was a critical and ratings disaster, which Fincham subsequently admitted was personally his fault, although he defended the strategy of experimenting with the BBC One schedule. He made another notable change to the schedule in January 2007, when he moved the current affairs series Panorama back from Sunday nights to the prime time Monday evening slot it had been removed from in 2000, although this decision was at least partly in response to a demand from the Board of Governors of the BBC for the channel to show more current affairs programming in prime time. It was also Fincham's decision to scrap the BBC One "Rhythm and Movement" idents, which had been used to provide the channel with its on-screen identity between programmes since they were introduced by Heggessey in 2002. They were replaced by a new set of idents, known as the "Circle idents", in the autumn of 2006; however, Fincham again found himself criticised, this time by The Daily Telegraph newspaper, for the decision to spend £1.2 million on the set of eight ten-second films, some of which were shot in Mexico and Croatia. Fincham also found himself having to publicly defend the £18 million salary the BBC awarded presenter Jonathan Ross in 2006, although Ross's BBC One work – which primarily consisted of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Film... and various one-off events – formed only part of his BBC commitment, which also encompassed programmes for BBC Three and BBC Radio 2. In May 2007, Fincham took the decision to drop the Australian soap opera Neighbours from BBC One after twenty-one years on the channel, when its producers increased the price they wanted the BBC to pay for it in a bidding war. Fincham commented that: "We'd love to have kept it but not at any price." Fincham was involved in a further controversy in July 2007, when introducing a press conference to publicise BBC One's forthcoming autumn season programming for later in the year. The season launch tape shown to journalists included a trailer from the documentary Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work. It showed the Queen apparently storming out of a session with American photographer Annie Leibovitz over a disagreement about what she should wear, but the BBC subsequently admitted that one of the shots used in the trailer had been edited out of order. Fincham admitted the error, and initially rejected calls that he should resign from his position as a result. However, the publication of the Wyatt Report on 5 October led to his resignation. ITV (2008–2016) On 28 February 2008 it was announced that the ITV network, the BBC's main rival, had hired Fincham to be their new Director of Television. At the Edinburgh Television Festival in August 2008, Fincham claimed that broadcasters such as ITV were under too much pressure from industry regulator OfCom to produce programmes that were only of a minority interest, as opposed to pure entertainment programmes for a mainstream audience. In 2010 he took the decision to axe the long-running drama series The Bill; ATV News Network reported 97% of the public were against the drama being dropped.. In December 2011, he took the unilateral decision to remove a song from the Jonathan Ross Show that was commissioned especially for the show by the comedian and songwriter Tim Minchin. The song, called Woody Allen Jesus, had already been approved by Ross's producer and ITV's legal compliance officers. Minchin, disappointed at the decision, later made the footage available on his own site where he also criticised Fincham's decision. In January 2016, ITV announced that Fincham had decided to step down as Director of Television and leave the company. Personal life Fincham's wife, Clare, runs a charity, Second Space, which provides respite care for the ill and disabled and their carers. Fincham's family live in London. Musically he enjoys Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Outside of broadcasting, Fincham co-edited The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book with author Douglas Adams in 1986.

Bar at the End of the World

"Bar at the End of the World" is a song written by J. T. Harding, Aimee Mayo, and David Lee Murphy and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2017 as the third single from Chesney's 2016 album Cosmic Hallelujah. Content The song is a mid-tempo recalling a bar. Co-writer J. T. Harding told Nash Country Daily that the song was inspired by "these bars there that you can only get to by boat" that he saw while visiting a friend in the Virgin Islands. He said that he did not have a title for the song until he saw a sign reading "Tavern at the End of the World" in Boston. Harding presented the idea to David Lee Murphy at a songwriting session, and Murphy provided the opening lines. Charts Year-end charts

Dynamic apnea

Dynamic apnea covers two of the eight competitive freediving categories recognised by the AIDA International (International Association for Development of Apnea): dynamic with fins (DYN) and dynamic without fins (DNF). Both disciplines require breath held dives where the diver travels in a horizontal position under water under their own power without aid/physical contact of a static surface, with the exception of the pool wall when done indoors. The records can only be recognized in pools of 25m or greater. When diving in the dynamic without fins category, divers will usually prefer the shorter 25m pools, so they can take advantage of the wall-kick. However, when diving in the dynamic with fins category, divers will usually prefer the longer 50m pools, so the wall-turn will not slow them down. The other categories recognized are: static apnea, no limit, variable weight, free immersion, constant weight, constant weight without fins,

Number Six (song)

"Number Six" is single by Alice Nine It was released on October 4, 2006, coinciding with the release of "Blue Planet". "Number Six" was created as a small film. The regular edition had an audio of "Number Six", the music video and the making-of the film, while the limited edition had the music video for "Number Six", the small film, and the making of the film. The making of from the regular edition, was different from the making of from the limited edition version. "Number Six" is also one of four previously released singles released with Alice Nines' second album, Alpha. Track listing Regular edition Music video The music video was written, produced, and directed by guitarist Tora. It incorporates scenes from the mini movie to that of with the band playing the music.

Penguin Rep

Penguin Rep is a nonprofit theater company in Stony Point, New York, now in its 42nd season. Penguin Rep, dubbed "the gutsiest little theatre" by the New York Times, was founded by Joe Brancato, artistic director, with the aim of adding a new kind of theatre to the local cultural landscape: a professional enterprise dedicated to promoting new voices and works which enrich the body of American drama; nurturing and developing new talent for the stage; and reaching new audiences for theatre. Under the leadership of Mr. Brancato, cited by the NY Times as "one of America's insightful young directors", and Executive Director Andrew M. Horn, the company has attracted more than 150,000 audience members from the lower Hudson Valley and beyond to its intimate 108-seat theatre. Penguin Rep has presented more than 100 critically and popularly acclaimed productions, including premieres by such playwrights as Warren Leight (author of Side Man), Arthur Laurents (West Side Story), Elizabeth Swados (Runaways), William Mastrosimone (Extremities), and Ronald Harwood (Taking Sides). Past Successes From Door to Door by James Sherman, which opened Off Broadway at the Westside Arts Theatre. Cobb by Lee Blessing, which won The Drama Desk Award, produced Off Broadway and in Los Angeles by Kevin Spacey. Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine, by Tony winner Warren Leight. Produced at Manhattan Theatre Club and at Mark Taper Forum. 2½ Jews by Alan Brandt, produced nationwide at dozens of theatres. The Marriage Fool by Richard Vetere. Seen as a TV movie starring Carol Burnett and Walter Matthau. One Shot, One Kill by Richard Vetere, produced Off Broadway at Primary Stages. The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee, commission by Penguin Executive Director Andrew Horn and adapted to the screen as Finding Neverland starring Johnny Depp. The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith by Angelo Parra, which moved to The Hartford Stage, Florida Stage, Cape Playhouse, and George Street Playhouse, among other prestigious venues, and will begin touring the country in 2010. Playing the Assassin by David Robson, which moved to TheaterWorks Hartford and Delaware Theatre Company, and is slated for an Off-Broadway run in the summer of 2019.

Classic Gold GEM

Solid Gold GEM AM (later Classic Gold GEM-AM) was a United Kingdom radio station, broadcasting to much of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and East Staffordshire from studios in Nottingham, and later Dunstable, Bedfordshire. The station ran as Solid Gold GEM AM until the mid-1990s when it was absorbed into the rest of the Classic Gold network, and was replaced on 3 August 2007 by a new network called simply Gold. The result of the merger of the Classic Gold and Capital Gold networks under one owner, GCap Media. The GEM name has since re-emerged with the launch of the Internet station Solid Gold Gem AM in 2012. History The station began as GEM-AM in 1988 (the letters GEM standing for Great East Midlands). It was one of the most well-regarded gold-formatted stations to come to the British airwaves in the late 1980s and was launched as a response to government disapproval of the simulcasting of radio companies' FM programming on their mediumwave frequencies. GEM was the offshoot of Radio Trent, which began to cater for a younger audience and became known as Trent FM upon the frequency split, and the new AM service was launched to much fanfare with a team of Olympic style runners completing a marathon from Leicester to Derby and finally to Nottingham (the three main areas to which GEM was to broadcast). GEM's medium wave broadcasts to Nottinghamshire on 999 kHz and Derbyshire on 945 kHz were initially supplemented by transmissions on 1260 kHz to Leicestershire, but this last frequency was later given over to programming for Leicester's large Asian population (Sunrise Radio later Sabras Radio). In 1994 GEM's owners Midland Radio plc were bought, by expanding radio company GWR, which gradually networked the station's programming with that of other gold stations it had purchased elsewhere in the country. The station was subtly rebranded Classic Gold GEM and over time, it became more Classic Gold and less GEM, until only four hours of local programming was left. By the end of the 1990s, Classic Gold GEM and GWR's network of other medium wave Classic Gold stations across the country were sold to media company UBC, in order for GWR to comply with government rules of the time, restricting how much share of listening one company could own. This and the other stations in the group became known as Classic Gold Digital Network. Former Radio 1 presenter Tony Blackburn co-presented a national breakfast show on the network until 2007. Presentation Presenters on the station included some who were already established personalities in the East Midlands region. Among them were John Peters (who launched the station as he had done with Trent in 1975). In the late 1980s a new South Asian Indian program brought extra listenership to GEM-AM from the large South Asian Indian community that lived in Derby and Nottingham. A number of the original presenters were later to be heard on a newer oldies and easy listening station broadcasting to the East Midlands, this time on Saga 106.6 FM, which came on air in 2003, and was later rebranded as 106.6 Smooth Radio after it was acquired by GMG Radio. Many of Saga 106.6 FM's jingles were made by JAM Productions of Dallas, Texas, and Steve England, and made reference to the Great East Midlands. Classic Gold GEM used ident jingles from Manchester company Alfasound, and then PAMS and JAM. GCap Media and Global Radio In summer 2007, when ownership restrictions were relaxed, Classic Gold's original owners, now called GCap Media after a merger, bought the network of stations back from UBC Media Group. Having two gold networks on its hands, GCap decided to merge them. In early August 2007, the Classic Gold and Capital Gold networks were joined under the new name Gold. To "streamline" the business even further, the last remaining live local programming on Classic Gold GEM was cut, and replaced with an automated daytime programme (where the presenter's links between the records are all pre-recorded but made to sound live), the bare minimum required to satisfy regulators Ofcom. The decision resulted in the redundancy of long-time Classic Gold Gem presenter Geoff Hemming, as well as local presenters at Classic Gold stations nationwide. The station had a 4% audience reach in Nottingham, and 6% in Derby in 2006. In 1993 the reach was 24% in Nottingham, 23% in Derby. (*RAJAR ratings 1993/2006) The dwindling audience tuning into the station's crackly medium wave frequencies has in recent years been supplemented by those listening to a stream on the internet, and also on DAB Digital Radio in Nottingham and Leicester. The bit rate for this broadcast was reduced in 2006 to accommodate more radio stations to the digital multiplex, it has since been increased back to stereo. After nineteen years broadcasting from the basement 'Studio B' at Radio Trent's Castle Gate headquarters, Classic Gold's Nottingham studios moved, along with Trent's, to the sixth floor of Chapel Quarter, an office building on the corner of Mount Street and Chapel Bar, in January 2007. Solid Gold Gem AM November 4, 2012 saw the launch of Solid Gold Gem AM, an internet radio station following the original GEM-AM format. While Solid Gold Gem AM had no connection to the original GEM AM in Nottingham, its line-up featured many of the original presenters including Andy Marriott, Krissi Carpenter, Paul Burbank, Craig Strong, Tim Rogers and Len Groat who was Head of Programmes and Music at the original GEM-AM from 1988 to 1994. A commercial free station, it styles itself as "radio like it used to be". On 27 November 2014, and shortly after the station had celebrated its second anniversary, it was announced that Solid Gold Gem would cease broadcasting from midnight on 30 November. However, a week after its closure, a relaunch was announced for 15 December. The station would also now be managed by Len Groat, and a second station, Serenade Radio, was launched in February 2015. No reason was given for the broadcasting hiatus.